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SAF Meaning

SAF Airport Meaning

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SAF Meaning:

SAF stands for Santa Fe Municipal Airport (scheduled passenger service resumed 2009)


Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, SAF (Santa Fe Municipal Airport (scheduled passenger service resumed 2009)) is classified as a nonhub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of SAF's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Santa Fe Municipal Airport (scheduled passenger service resumed 2009) (SAF) Characteristics:

      City: Santa Fe
      State: New Mexico
      FAA: Santa Fe Municipal Airport (scheduled passenger service resumed 2009)
      IATA: SAF
      ICAO: KSAF
      Role: P-N

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


SAF is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding SAF, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

SAF meaning is Santa Fe Municipal Airport (scheduled passenger service resumed 2009).

Santa Fe Municipal Airport (scheduled passenger service resumed 2009) can be abbreviated as SAF.

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