2024CW49: San Francisco Top 6 Int’l Routes by Frequencies

Published at 2000GMT 27NOV24 

AeroRoutes’ daily update on 27NOV24 and 28NOV24 is published at San Francisco International Airport and in the air. While navigating through the airport during 6-hour connection and occasional view of flight information board, especially during the evening hours, the back-to-back flights to Taipei was brought to attention

Flight status monitor board at San Francisco International Airport, taken at 1945LT 26NOV24.

During Northern winter 2024/25 season, excluding selected periods in January and February 2025, the number of weekly flights on San Francisco – Taipei Taoyuan route stands at 49 weekly, with 7 daily flights served by 4 airlines – 3 daily by EVA Air (BR), 2 daily by United Airlines (UA), 1 daily each by China Airlines (CI) and Starlux Airlines (JX).

In particular, there are 5 back-to-back flights scheduled to depart San Francisco at the 2300 – 2359hrs. The following schedule is for 02DEC24, including codeshare flights (as the photo taken in this post includes codeshare flight information).

BR007/AV4508/SQ5807/TG6257 SFO1200 – 1800+1TPE 77W
UA871 SFO1335 – 1950+1TPE 77W
JX011 SFO2310 – 0515+2TPE 359
UA853 SFO2315 – 0545+2TPE 77W
BR017/AV4504/CM8012/SQ5817/TG6253 SFO2330 – 0535+2TPE 77W (353-seater)
CI003/DL7731 SFO2340 – 0545+2TPE 77W
BR027/AV4510/CM8014/SQ5827/TG6255 SFO2350 – 0555+2TPE 77W (323-seater)

UA853 has been operated by 777-300ER on temporarily basis since late-October 2024, scheduled until 06JAN25, replacing-200ER.

The following focuses on San Francisco International Airport’s Top 6 intercontinental routes in terms of weekly frequencies, for the week of 01-07DEC24 (US Calendar week 49), based on data as of 24NOV24. The weekly frequencies and number of seats are based on one-way departure.

6) San Francisco – Hong Kong 26 weekly (4 daily on most days with 8260 seats)
5) San Francisco – Singapore 28 weekly (4 daily with 7140 seats)
4) San Francisco – London 35 weekly (5 daily with 10731 seats)
3) San Francisco – Seoul 35 weekly (6 flights a day on Mon/Wed/Fri, 5 on Sun, remainder 4; 10016 seats)
2) San Francisco – Tokyo 49 weekly (28 for Narita, 21 for Haneda, combined 7 daily with 11589 seats)
1) San Francisco – Taipei 49 weekly (7 daily, 16437 one-way seats)

When including North and Central America, the top international routes for San Francisco with over 30 weekly flights are:

6) San Francisco – Mexico City 35 weekly (5579 seats)
5) San Francisco – Seoul 35 weekly (10016 seats)
4) San Francisco – London 35 weekly (10731 seats)
3) San Francisco – Tokyo 49 weekly (11589 seats; including both Narita and Haneda)
2) San Francisco – Taipei 49 weekly (16437 seats)
1) San Francisco – Vancouver 59 weekly (8752 seats)