Woodside Departure KSQL local VFR procedures
Not for navigation. Verify against the official sources linked below before flight.
vfr departure 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.
Runway 12: left 20° to heading 100° as soon as safe, upwind until abeam Woodside Road, then right toward the southwest.
The route
- All aircraft departing runway 12 should turn left 20° to a heading of 100° as soon as safe for noise abatement
- Continue upwind until abeam Woodside Road, turn right toward southwest
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.
- 1 Depart RWY 12, turn left 20 degrees to heading 100 RWY 30 threshold (southeast end) The southeast end — departure end for RWY 12, threshold for RWY 30, and where a straight-in to 30 crosses. Runway heading 123 magnetic / 138 true for 12. satellite Apple Maps coordinate: FAA airport record (NASR), surveyed runway threshold
- 2 Abeam Woodside Road, turn right toward southwest Depicted 1.9 NM out on 100 magnetic (112.8 true at the 2026 WMM declination of 12.8E). satellite Apple Maps
- Woodside Road (SR-84) SR-84, the big arterial running southwest to northeast across Redwood City and over US-101. It is a LINE, not a point: two routes turn when it comes abeam, and this pin marks its US-101 interchange as the reference. A line, not a point; the pin marks its US-101 interchange. satellite Apple Maps street view coordinate: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) (SR-84 at the US-101 interchange)
1.9 NM over 2 route points. Bearings are magnetic, converted from true at each leg's midpoint through the WMM 2025 model this site ships (12.7°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.
- GPX route
ForeFlight (GPX 1.1
rte), most tablet apps - user_waypoints.csv ForeFlight user waypoints — this procedure only
- Garmin FPL
Garmin Pilot, or the
\FPLfolder of a GTN/GNS card - KML Google Earth
- All KSQL landmarks every curated point at this field, in one ForeFlight file
When it applies
- Departing 12 "All aircraft departing Runway 12 should turn left 20° to a heading of 100°"; a DIFFERENT Woodside Departure is published for runway 30
Source text, verbatim
RUNWAY 12 DEPARTURES All aircraft departing Runway 12 should turn left 20° to a heading of 100° as soon as safe for noise abatement. Woodside Departure Turn left to 100°. Continue upwind until abeam Woodside Road, turn right toward southwest.
The text above is the published source wording and is authoritative over any summary on this page.
Sources
- County of San Mateo — San Carlos Airport Voluntary Noise Abatement Procedures brochure County of San Mateo Airports · retrieved 2026-08-27