The holiday travel season has already begun from Friday, November 22, 2024, with approximately 160,000 forecasted passengers traveling through SFO.
The San Francisco International Airport is ready for the holiday travel season with new facilities, destinations and services ready to make flying better than ever. The holiday travel season has already begun from Friday, November 22, 2024, with approximately 160,000 forecasted passengers traveling through SFO.
In total, 6.3 million travellers are expected at SFO between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, an estimated 15% increase over 2023 holiday travel levels.
Looking at this, travellers are strongly encouraged to arrive at the airport at least 2 hours prior to departure for domestic flights and 3 hours prior to departure for international flights.
SFO expects parking garages to be at or near capacity during the holiday travel season. SFO recommends that travellers take public transit or share rides to the airport. For parking, the Airport recommends travellers book parking early using SFO’s online booking system, which allows users to choose their parking dates and times and enter payment information to complete a booking in advance.
Coming soon, SFO passengers can enjoy an even more seamless travel experience with remote baggage check-in available from both the Long-Term Parking garage and Rental Car Center. This complimentary service, provided by Bags, is available for domestic flights on select airlines and allows passengers to check in their luggage, receive boarding passes and proceed directly to the TSA checkpoint. Airline baggage fees still apply.
With the completion of Harvey Milk Terminal 1, all terminals at SFO are now linked post-security, allowing for seamless connections between airlines. A new interim corridor is also open in Terminal 3, allowing passengers to make easy connections while the Terminal 3 West Modernization is underway.
