No, they’re not. Of the 20 largest airports in the US, all but one of them have ...

snickerbockers · 2025-06-12T16:10:35 1749744635

that's actually not true and it's very easy to disprove because SFO is in the top 20

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_i....

I'm sure this is an airport most of the people on this site are familiar with but just in case you aren't, it's on reclaimed land in the San Francisco bay.

dghlsakjg · 2025-06-12T18:28:25 1749752905

It is 400m from the threshold of 19L/1R to the nearest residential neighborhood at SFO. LGA, which is an incredibly urban airport has the exact same distance from the end of its closest runway to the nearest residential area.

placardloop · 2025-06-12T17:01:15 1749747675

There’s a massive, incredibly dense neighborhood of houses and offices less than 1000 feet to the south, west, and north of every one of SFOs runways.

Ar-Curunir · 2025-06-12T17:37:15 1749749835

SFO is surrounded by numerous highways, office buildings, and residential areas

snickerbockers · 2025-06-12T19:15:37 1749755737

well yeah but im talking about the part where the planes land not the terminal.

dghlsakjg · 2025-06-13T14:59:15 1749826755

There runway thresholds are closer to the neighborhoods than the entire terminal except a few A terminal gates.

Go look at a satellite view of SFO.