Nighttime Aircraft Engine Power Run-ups at SFO Airport, 2005-Present

Nighttime engine high power run-ups from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. by air carrier operations using jet and regional jet aircraft at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Data is logged into the Airport Operations System starting in January 2005 and updated monthly by the City of San Francisco to quantify and analyze activities in support of noise reduction programs.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in nighttime noise-generating activities based on logged power run-up events.
• Monitor compliance with noise abatement programs based on operational checks conducted at designated locations.
• Correlate maintenance and repair schedules with engine testing activity based on power run-up procedures.
• Support community noise reporting for Airport Director's Reports based on the dataset's stated purpose.

Strengths

• Data covers a long temporal range, starting in January 2005.
• Update frequency is monthly, suggesting regular maintenance.
• Data is collected for a specific operational purpose (noise management) at a major airport.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single airport (SFO).

Provenance

Source

City of San Francisco, likely via SFO Noise Abatement Office.

Collection Method

Details logged into the Airport Operations System.

Time Range

Starting January 2005, ongoing.

Freshness

Updated monthly; last metadata update was 2026-03-15.

Geography

San Francisco International Airport (SFO).