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KNBR Arrival KSQL local VFR procedures

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vfr arrival Airport sponsor published verified 2026-08-27 (43 d ago)

Published by the airport sponsor; voluntary unless ATC assigns it. If ATC assigns this route to you in Class B, C or D airspace, that assignment is an ATC instruction and compliance is required (14 CFR 91.123) — and “unable” remains available to the pilot in command.

Inbound from the northeast via the KNBR radio tower, keeping it off your right, then downwind as advised.

The route

  1. Inbound from the northeast, expect to arrive via the KNBR radio tower
  2. Keep KNBR off your right side and enter the downwind as advised
  3. Use caution for aircraft departing SQL via the Oracle Departure ¾ mile north of the KNBR radio tower

Where it actually is

North up. The sponsor names these landmarks and publishes no coordinate for any of them — everything positioned here is derived, and each coordinate's provenance is listed with its point below. Dashed markers are depicted: this site's reading of the written route, not published fixes.

1Inbound from the northeastInbound from the northeast2Arrive via the KNBR radio t…Arrive via the KNBR radio t…3Enter the downwind as advis…Enter the downwind as advis…1 NMN
  1. 1 Inbound from the northeast Depicted 4 NM northeast of the field; the brochure gives a direction, not a fix. N37°33.54' W122°11.41' 37.55900, -122.19010 depicted KNBRNE satellite Apple Maps
  2. 2 Arrive via the KNBR radio tower, keeping it off your right KNBR radio tower An AM broadcast mast array standing out on the bay margin about 2.3 NM north of the field, in open marsh with nothing tall near it. Guyed steel, lit at night. Keep it off your right on the Oracle Departure and on the KNBR Arrival. Caution: SQL traffic departs on the Oracle Departure three quarters of a mile north of here. N37°32.83' W122°14.00' 37.54720, -122.23340 238° mag · 2.2 NM 3 ft KNBR satellite Apple Maps street view coordinate: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) (two man_made=mast, midpoint of the array)
  3. 3 Enter the downwind as advised San Carlos ATC tower The control tower on the field, which the Overhead Arrival crosses at or above 1,200 ft MSL. The whole airport sits between US-101 and the Bay marsh, two miles of flat ground with nothing else like it. N37°30.63' W122°15.00' 37.51056, -122.25005 187° mag · 2.3 NM 6 ft SQLTWR satellite Apple Maps street view coordinate: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

4.5 NM over 3 route points. Bearings are magnetic, converted from true at each leg's midpoint through the WMM 2025 model this site ships (12.8°E here). Shoreline, water, highways and runways © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Class B/C/D boundaries: FAA Aeronautical Information Services.

Put it in the GPS

Route points become a route; reference points ship as waypoints only — a GPS that sequences you to a do-not-overfly marker has it backwards.

When it applies

Source text, verbatim

ARRIVALS — KNBR Arrival
Inbound from the Northeast, expect to arrive via the KNBR radio tower. Keep KNBR off your right side and enter the downwind as advised. Use caution for aircraft departing SQL via the Oracle Departure ¾ mile north of the KNBR radio tower.

The text above is the published source wording and is authoritative over any summary on this page.

Sources

All KSQL procedures · KSQL runway in use