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AA at SFO / San Francisco Int値. Airport: questions, connections, etc.

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AA operates out of both Terminal 2 (ticket counters, baggage check and carousels, curbside check-in, TSA, Pre-Check, Clear, Admirals Club), and gates only at Terminal 1 (linked airside, no ticket counters).

Link to AA SFO information page
Link to SFO Admirals Club Information
Link to AA SFO airport page
Link to official SFO airport page
Link to map with Terminal 2 concessions

Ticket counter: Terminal 2, Concourse D
Daily: 3:30 a.m. - 12 a.m.

Admirals Club : After security, Terminal 2 (T2), Boarding Area D (open 04:15-00:15)

Gates
Terminal 2 Concourse D: 56A, 56B, 57, 58A, 58B
Terminal 1 Concourse C: 45A, 45B, and 47
These are connected by an airside corridor above and alongside the tarmac. The Admirals Club is in Terminal 2 after security; allow 5-15 minutes to gates (C gates are farther) depending on gate and mobility.

Baggage carousels: downstairs, Terminal 2

Animal relief area: landside lower level outside baggage claim, turn right and look for dog paws.

Minimum Connect Times
STANDARD.D/D...D/I...I/D...I/I.
ONLINE .50 1.00 1.45 1.45
OFFLINE .50 1.00 1.45 1.45
** OR * ARE ALL
AA-AS DD .30 FLT 1 - 6099 - FLT 1000 - 1999
OPN -15SEP16
AA-AS DD .30 FLT 1 - 6099 - FLT 4000 - 4799
AA-AS DD .30 FLT 1 - 6099 - FLT 6000 - 6999
AA-AS DD .30 FLT 1 - 6099 - FLT 8000 - 8999
AA-AS DD SUP FLT 6100 - 9099 - ALL
AA-AS DD 1.15
**-AS DD SUP ALL - FLT 1000 - 1999 OPN -15SEP16
**-AS DD SUP ALL - FLT 4000 - 4799
**-AS DD SUP ALL - FLT 6000 - 6999
**-AS DD SUP ALL - FLT 8000 - 8999
**-AS DD 1.15
AA-** DD SUP FLT 6100 - 9099 - ALL

Other nuggets of info
SFO has two runway pairs:
10L/28R 11,870 ft 3,618 m Asphalt
10R/28L 11,381 3,469 Asphalt
and
1R/19L 8,650 2,637 Asphalt
1L/19R 7,650 2,332 Asphalt

These runways were designed and built with non-standard runway separation (centerlines of the parallel runways are only 750 feet / 230 m apart) Any time weather conditions affect SFO, ATC flow control is put into effect because only one runway of each runway pair can be used. This may mean delayed arrivals (and subsequent departures) as well as diversions (usually to SJC, but may include OAK).

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AA at SFO / San Francisco Int値. Airport: questions, connections, etc.

Old May 11, 2018, 12:18 pm
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Old May 11, 2018, 12:46 pm
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AA is still split between Terminal 2 and terminal 1. That said, terminal 1 is mostly used for LAX flights and ex US destinations (CLT, PHL, PHX), while terminal 2 is used for everything else.
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Old May 11, 2018, 1:18 pm
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T2 has an Admiral's Club and T1 has a Delta lounge. They're connected via an interior corridor just past the security checkpoint. You can't get to any other terminals once inside the secure area so that precludes the AMEX and Air France Priority Pass lounges if you're thinking of those, unless you want to go through an additional round of security to enter other terminals.
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Old Dec 4, 2018, 6:27 pm
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Are there plans for an Admirals Club in the new T1? With Alaska taking over T2 once T1 construction is complete, they'll also be taking over the AC and it's unclear from T1 construction documentation whether AA has a facility to put an AC into.
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Old Mar 17, 2019, 10:25 am
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Going to be flying SFO > ORD with AA in April. Anyone know if there's a priority / fast track security line (T1, I think)?

Also, I assume there's a lounge of some sort? Couldn't see anything on it in the wiki.
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Old Mar 17, 2019, 11:51 am
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Originally Posted by RG1X
Going to be flying SFO > ORD with AA in April. Anyone know if there's a priority / fast track security line (T1, I think)?

Also, I assume there's a lounge of some sort? Couldn't see anything on it in the wiki.
Yes, in T2, there is a fast track lane, a PreCheck lane, and a Clear lane. There is also an Admirals Club in T2.
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Old Mar 17, 2019, 4:56 pm
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Excellent, thanks.
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Old Mar 31, 2019, 8:54 pm
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Originally Posted by tom911
T2 has an Admiral's Club and T1 has a Delta lounge. They're connected via an interior corridor just past the security checkpoint. You can't get to any other terminals once inside the secure area so that precludes the AMEX and Air France Priority Pass lounges if you're thinking of those, unless you want to go through an additional round of security to enter other terminals.
Going to try to do this next week. Does anyone know if there are any time restrictions related to how early I could clear security into the intl terminal? I知 hoping to get into the Air France lounge around 10pm even though my flight will be the following morning.

Thanks!
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Old Mar 31, 2019, 10:23 pm
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I'd be concerned if they're going to let you into the international terminal at all without a same-day boarding pass. Same issue when they ask for your boarding pass at the Air France lounge.
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Old Mar 31, 2019, 10:52 pm
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Originally Posted by amm
I知 hoping to get into the Air France lounge around 10pm even though my flight will be the following morning.
Why would you possibly want to get to an airline lounge that early?
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Originally Posted by TheDudeAbides
Why would you possibly want to get to an airline lounge that early?
Save on a hotel? I wouldn't do it now but I would have when I was a lot younger.
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Old Apr 1, 2019, 7:05 pm
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Originally Posted by TheDudeAbides
Why would you possibly want to get to an airline lounge that early?
Friend is flying off on a two month trip and that痴 the only time our schedules align. Totally a non-normal situation.

I知 somewhat hopeful since their flight is also after midnight but worst case we値l hang out pre-security.
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Old Apr 5, 2019, 3:09 am
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In case anyone else is a crazy person, had no issues getting through security for G gates around 1030pm for a flight with a 540am departure from a different terminal.

However now that my friend is gone and I still have 2 hrs to kill before Admirals Club opens I知 questioning lots of life decisions.
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Too late now but there are plenty of couches in the connector between T1 & T2 where you could stretch out for a bit.
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Old Apr 5, 2019, 11:25 am
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Originally Posted by amm
In case anyone else is a crazy person, had no issues getting through security for G gates around 1030pm for a flight with a 540am departure from a different terminal.

However now that my friend is gone and I still have 2 hrs to kill before Admirals Club opens I’m questioning lots of life decisions.
Terminal 3 has some very big and long (but slow) treadmills that you can use to pass the time in the middle of the night.
I don’t remember if the other terminals have them as well.
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