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 30: straight out past the diamond-shaped waterway, right downwind until abeam Woodside Road, then right toward the southwest.
The route
- Fly straight out until just past the diamond-shaped waterway, then turn right downwind
- Continue downwind until abeam Woodside Road, then 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 30, straight out RWY 12 threshold (northwest end) The northwest end of the single 2,621 ft runway — the departure end for RWY 30 and the threshold for RWY 12. Runway heading 303 magnetic / 318 true for 30. satellite Apple Maps coordinate: FAA airport record (NASR), surveyed runway threshold
- 2 Just past the waterway, turn right downwind Depicted as a plain 0.6 NM on the upwind. The brochure times this turn off the 'diamond-shaped waterway', which could not be matched to any mapped water body -- see the airport note. satellite Apple Maps
- 3 Abeam Woodside Road, turn right toward southwest Depicted where the downwind comes abeam SR-84, 2.0 NM down the leg. 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)
3.5 NM over 3 route points. Bearings are magnetic, converted from true at each leg's midpoint through the WMM 2025 model this site ships (12.7°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 30 Published under the "RUNWAY 30 DEPARTURES" heading; a DIFFERENT Woodside Departure is published for runway 12
Source text, verbatim
RUNWAY 30 DEPARTURES — Woodside Departure Fly straight out until just past the diamond-shaped waterway, then turn right downwind. Continue downwind until abeam Woodside Road, then 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