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Q: How do I get from San Francisco city centre to San Francisco airport?

BART train to Powell Street: US$11.80 for one traveler, 31 min, boarding at Powell Street station, a Yellow or Red Line train with SFO in its name. The first one leaves at 05:31 and is at the airport by about 06:02; the last at 00:43.

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

1 way to the airport

SFO leaves the arrival time to your airline. TSA advises arriving two hours before a domestic flight and three before an international one. First departures

Recommended

The cheapest way to the airport. Nothing listed is quicker.

BART train to Powell Street

YellowRed · BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)

31 min rideEvery 10 min05:31–00:43

Powell Street stationSFO

Non-stop

US$11.80total for 1 adultUS$11.80 eachBuy ticketOn BART

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Powell Street station, a Yellow or Red Line train with SFO in its name

$11.80 to Powell Street, Civic Center, Montgomery or Embarcadero. Tap a contactless bank card or phone at the gates going in and out, or use Clipper; each rider aged 5 and over needs their own card. Children 4 and under ride free.

Luggage. Keep luggage under your seat, on your lap or in the space by the doors, and keep the doorways clear.

Hours. Every 5 to 8 minutes by day on weekdays, every 20 in the evening; first train 06:23 on Saturdays and 08:23 on Sundays.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Welcome Pickups transfer to downtown San Francisco, Kiwitaxi transfer to downtown San Francisco. Every way from San Francisco airport into San Francisco

How do I get from San Francisco city centre to San Francisco airport?

For one traveler the BART train to Powell Street is the way we recommend: US$11.80 in total, 31 min, boarding at Powell Street station. The first one leaves at 05:31 and is at the airport by about 06:02; the last leaves at 00:43. SFO leaves the arrival time to your airline. TSA advises arriving two hours before a domestic flight and three before an international one.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first

BART train to Powell Street

First 05:31 from Powell Street station, at the airport by about 06:02.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

The first BART train leaves Powell Street for the airport at 05:31 on weekdays, 06:23 on Saturdays and 08:23 on Sundays. For an earlier flight, SamTrans 292 and 397 leave Mission and 1st Street through the night.

Before you leave for San Francisco Airport

From the centre to each way out

How early to be there

SFO leaves the arrival time to your airline. TSA advises arriving two hours before a domestic flight and three before an international one.

Early flights

At the station

Take any BART train with SFO in its name: Yellow and Red Line trains run straight from downtown San Francisco and downtown Oakland. At the airport, walk to the International Terminal or ride the AirTrain to Terminals 1, 2 and 3.

Taxis to the airport

Taxis to the airport run on the meter with no drop-off fee; bridge tolls are extra.

Questions

When is the first BART train to Powell Street from Powell Street station?

05:31. It reaches the airport at about 06:02.

How early should I be at San Francisco airport?