RARE Landing on 19L at SFO - With a Panoramic Flight Over San Francisco & the Bay Area - W/ ATC

00:00 Half Moon Bay
02:00 Pacifica
04:00 Flying over San Francisco
04:45 Downtown San Francisco
05:00 Bay Bridge and Treasure Island
06:15 Golden Gate Bride, San Francisco Bay, and Bay Area
08:00 Oakland, Alameda, and Naval Air Station Alameda
10:00 Cargo Ships in the Bay
13:00 Landing on 19L at SFO
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Beautiful Scenic Approach into 19L at SFO after sitting in a holding pattern off the coast of San Francisco. I will post a longer video later that shows most of the holding pattern.
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Date: December 29, 2023
Airport: San Francisco Int’l Airport
Airline: United Airlines
Flight: UA1403
Route: EUG-SFO
Landing Rwy: 19L
Aircraft: Airbus 319
Reg: N883UA
Seat: 2F
Filmed With: Osmo Pocket 3
Audio Source: LiveATC.net
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[@dennisalexanderreilly8624]

in 40 year of flying into SFO, have never landed on 19L with such a clear view

[@wgeffon]

My only time landing on 19L the weather was horrible. Have you ever landed on either of the One’s?

[@mikegray1706]

Me either...didn't recognize it at first. Back in the 60's i took off there always on United.I remember the first 747's used that runway for take off...right next to hwy 101.

[@Hailkingleon]

@@wgeffon I've lived by SFO for the past 8 years, and I can distinctly remember exactly one day in that time that they have had planes landing on the 1s.

[@JediTev]

Looks like it was real windy.

[@SteveHinch]

Years ago I landed the other direction on that runway, which is 1R (usually used for takeoffs.) But that was in a small Metroliner. I couldn’t even figure out where we were going until the pilot made a sharp right turn low over the hills and down to the runway. That was quite the experience.

[@lmkk9118]

At 54 and many many flights later, I have never done that before! Wow! Good job recording it!

[@allisonabbott-kline4765]

Absolutely fabulous footage of a SUPER rare landing in SFO. I'm a Bay Area native and 5th generation Californian and the flyover reel was so enjoyable to watch.

[@michaeltyler4034]

In 60 years of flying from and back to SFO I’ve never once landed on 19L. This was a real treat. Thanks for sharing.

[@EhWassAmattaU]

Landing on 19L is very common (anytime a front is passing the Bay Area). Landing on the 10's is rare, landing on 1R is even rarer! In 40 years of Airline flying (and was based in SFO for a while) I have only gone to 01R for landing once. (and it was at night! The RULE is don't fly West of 280!)

[@chrisp8856]

Not only a different approach, but the stability and clarity of the camera’s view is unreal. Fantastic job! Thanks

[@josephnason8770]

The WW2 aircraft carrier USS Hornet just above the engine inlet at 9:32. It picked up Neil Armstrong and crew after the first moon landing in 1969.

[@michaelhayden725]

And also the crew of Apollo 13 I believe!

[@Jeff-yz3on]

During the Battle of Santa Cruz on October 26, 1942, Hornet was attacked by Japanese aircraft whilst her carrier aircraft where returning from damaging the Japanese carrier Shokaku. Despite U.S. destroyers trying to scuttle her, she remained afloat until sunk by torpedoes from Japanese submarines the following day. In late January 2019, research vessel Petrel found the remains of Hornet in the South Pacific near the Solomon Islands. The Hornet you see here came after and did recover the Apollo crew. My dad was on a destroyer in that carrier group.

[@mauiskater]

I grew up in Millbrae where the airport is. We would watch planes take off and land for fun. This is cool thank you

[@jimmymurphy7789]

My Favorite place to hang-out & watch the planes take off, too !

[@bobbrown8661]

Buttery smooth landing 👍👍

[@sandramccusker5520]

That is so strange. I’ve lived in the Bay Area all of my 56 years. I can’t remember ever seeing a plane fly this approach into SFO.

[@user-cb8ii6on8h]

only when the weather gets bad will you see the planes landing and taking off from different directions. Look for it the next time it rains bad here

[@brendanbyrne1769]

That is so strange, because it happens all the time during the winter.

[@kellahella5286]

One night at dusk in the mid 80’s I was on a flight from SEA to SFO, landed on 19L. As we flew over the GG the captain put Journey’s When the light go down in the City. It almost brought a tear to my eye.

[@johnmarks714]

Thanks for including the ATC talk

[@mattscarf]

Exactly, with the excellent stabilized video, it couldn’t have done this amazing approach any more justice!

[@leonardschoenborn9209]

Very nice!!! Beautiful footage of San Francisco, Treasure Island, and the surrounding area.

[@3henry214]

Native Bay Area resident and frequent flyer... I've never been on a plane taking that SFO approach/landing, spectacular view of the Peninsula! Was fun seeing my old Pacifica stomping grounds from the air.

[@naturalthomas9157]

Thanks for sharing that with us! Thankful to have had that experience once. The pilot made an announcement to let us know we had a treat coming. Then In 2022 I did a lot of cruises out of Pier 27 to Mexico and Alaska and sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge. Very cool to have driven over, sailed under, and flown over the Golden Gate Bridge. Northern California is so beautiful and I am so glad I moved from the east to the west years ago. The West is the Best, sang Jim Morrison.

[@margaretc5554]

Left my heart in San Francisco .... love the view

[@vtdl88]

That Alcatraz and Angel Island view was amazing.

[@gjmob]

I left my hearse at fat sams disco.

[@Emzzz78]

I used to say the same thing until it turned into what it is today. SF is a shell of what it once was. Its heartbreaking.

[@awdrifter3394]

The water texture looks so good.

[@Tonyair23]

Bay Area Resident since 2002. I have flown in and out of Oakland and KSFO many times. But seeing an aircraft land on 19L is a very rare experience.

[@Gryphonisle]

Stunning!!! I had no idea the bay end of the old Alameda NAS was so huge. That those runways aren’t being developed for housing should be a crime!

[@hansfeld5233]

As someone whose been on a plane maybe 5 or 6 times in my life, and from the Bay Area. I love to look at the scenery, this was effin fantastic.

[@keyrat1753]

Greetings from Miami. I have flown into SFO multiple times from MIA, but never landed on 19L. Absolutely beautiful video. As soon as I finish typing this comment, I want to watch the video again. Thank you!

[@vtdl88]

Haha. I watched it TV on a big screen TV. It is so cool. And I have Google Map to track all the landmark.

[@Patman408]

Great job filming and what a nice tour of the Bay area.

[@joeschmoe7221]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@lacarlousjackson8]

One of most Beautiful City in the world 🌍 ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Emzzz78]

Not anymore, it isn’t. Its very sad

[@mcpr5971]

As long as you see it from Full House!

[@Cmoredebris]

When the winds were out of the south, usually during bad storms, they would use those runways and the departures would come right over our house. Their ground speed was low so the jets seemed to hover before disappearing into the clouds. Scary.

[@alpenglow4243]

Lived near SFO for years and I only remember seeing planes use that runway twice.

[@mtascp05]

This year and last, I’ve seen it a few times as I was waiting for my flight. It was in the rainy season and it was strange to see these widebodies land on the short runways.

[@zublacus]

Growing up in Burlingame, it was a great treat at Burlingame Intermediate School when planes were landing on 1L and 1R. That was usually a winter/spring thing that can happen. I worked at SFO later in life at DHL, and I have no recollection of 19L/R being used. So it is indeed rare.

[@antoniovalle7071]

I lived in Pacifica for 30 years. Only a few times I seen airplanes approaching from the ocean. I hear that southwest winds are rare. I seen planes taking off towards the South Bay only a couple of times

[@zacharynorman397]

This is certainly a unique way to approach SFO. And so cool to see Half Moon Bay. Flown my little single engine prop plane in there multiple times.

[@rael5469]

10:06 you can see the landing gear extend in the reflection of the engine cowling. That's a clean machine.

[@41Forethought]

Thank you for the great video. It brought back a few SFO landings, including two on 19L. The first was during an intense rainstorm with epic turbulence, a real white knuckle landing; the second on a clear moonlit night. Couldn't see anything until we descended through about 1000' during the storm but the views during the night landing were truly breathtaking. 😮

[@jerryburdick8051]

So awesome to see the views from this vantage point. Thank you!

[@Ky0927]

Stunning

[@ProFlightAviation]

I recently (2 months ago) saw a British Airways A380 take off from one of the 19s not sure which one because i was kinda far but it was the first time i had seen it.

[@shawnclark2550]

This is neat. I'm a white-knuckle flier but this is almost restful to watch!

[@catzenhouse]

My very first airplane flight was from SeaTac to SF back in the mid-70's. I was positively terrified even though I grew up in the shadow of an AFB and planes/jets and all flew over our family home quite low. The first 747 flight was low and slow over our home (the Boeing plant was on the other end of the runway next door). So lots of watching experience but no flying. The gentleman sitting next to me, a Boeing engineer, could see I was upset and very kindly talked me through the take-off and landing. I'll never forget that man - his kindness made my subsequent flights (not many) much less harrowing. (Nice to see the Transamerica Building from the sky - my dad was part of the crew that installed the windows when the building was under construction.)

[@shawnclark2550]

@@catzenhouse That's so cool! My first flight was about 1988-ish going from PDX to Denver. Had to sit in the smoking section with my aunt. I think that was also the first panic attack I ever had! Ugh.

[@redmagnolia6443]

Great video…definitely a unique approach to SFO! Thank you.

[@Jedward108]

Beautiful cinematography, nice weather. Thank you.

[@DennisSmithAIStockImageClub]

So cool!

[@bsylvia1]

Awesome video & aerial tour of the SF Bay Area! Thanks for sharing.

[@craftykoala]

Looking forward to the second follow up to this!

[@cageordie]

Great video, and it is a very unusual approach, only used a few times each year. Sadly it's the former NAS Alameda Point, closed about 1998. You missed the Hornet which is docked at Alameda Point and has been for as long as I remember. It was part of the 1995 celebration of the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII and opened as a museum ship in August 1998.

[@christophermarks6260]

Hornet in view around 8:45.

[@clarkmadrosen1780]

Looked so easy to do ? Great job😊

[@dougchinn2820]

19R/L into SFO is one of the best landings. The route loops around SF, over the GG Bridge, around Treasure Island, over Emeryville, around OAK before landing in SFO. Half expected the stewardess' to give a minute-by-minute commentary. I've landed on 19R/L only once in all the years of flying. It's a treat. Can understand why the noise of planes flying over residential areas make this a rarity.

[@josephnason8770]

The long narrow lake in the center at 2:48 is the San Andreas Fault.

[@duncanbrode381]

JUST beautiful! THANKS for sharing!

[@coreyjordan2745]

Thank you, that made my morning.

[@Abraham-uk4xy]

Superb video. Gentle landing.

[@hopespringseternal2624]

This is very beautiful! Thank you for sharing this!

[@user-eg4jc3xr6d]

Excellent video and appreciate the unique approach - ATC such a nice benefit. Thank you!

[@LAXTravels]

Glad you liked it! Thank you!

[@fbella69]

Buttery landing right there

[@MrOilpainter]

Cool view. Great tour of the Bay Area.

[@ophthodawg]

Very cool, i spent that weekend on my boat at Encinal YC, good plane spotting as the lineup was nearly overhead , definitely a rare approach pattern indeed

[@dfa3366]

Very nice. They sometimes use 19L for landings because of weather or runway maintenance.

[@maxst415]

Not only is a 19L landing rare, doing so with clear weather is even less common. Usually theres's some big weather system blowing strong winds from the south, along with precipitation and cloud cover. First time I ever saw a plane take this route over the city, I was pretty concerned since it didn't follow any patterns I had seen before haha

[@sanfranciscobay]

Before the Rain and Clouds come, they land facing South West.

[@DavidFRhodes]

more flights used to go over the city. but then 9/11 happened.

[@maxst415]

yea that was before my time as i wasn't born until after @@DavidFRhodes

[@lindaromero7780]

Very cool! I’ve always flown in from the South. Never saw this before.

[@vjhernandez13]

Having spent most of my life on the northern Peninsula (San Bruno and Brisbane), I'm so used to planes landing from the south and taking off to the north. Such a rarity when I see planes fly in/out from any other direction, and you were fortunate to do it on a clear day!

[@sschwen8050]

I lived in the Bay Area for about 7 years total. We landed once on 19L.

[@LTV_inc]

Cool! You did a lap of where I grew up, when the gear hits and the speed brakes deploy it feels so good to be home, it never gets old…. 😊

[@lanbaode]

Great! Thanks.

[@frankflstf]

That was beautiful and much appreciated thank you for sharing

[@robinlathim8221]

Great video! ❤

[@calpal9983]

Gorgeous!!

[@jetPower1960]

Great video. Thank you.

[@spicemasterii6775]

Beautiful video. Thanks.

[@UndrwearBomber]

Nice Vid! Killer approach!

[@lindaloe]

Lovely!!❤

[@keithevans5409]

Stunning!

[@TonydeBellis-iq6ly]

Love this - it’s expensive to live in the Bay Area but worth it

[@captaincrunch8523]

Thanks for posting !Excellent ! My old digs

[@lcarnate91]

Thk u posting video 🤙

[@Presidiogary]

Very very beautiful footage! Thank you for sharing it!

[@dopenerd]

This is fantastic ❤ Love my hometown!

[@joseph2095]

You have a Primo video here. Very rare perspectives of the Bay Area. Thank you.

[@RealSteveTheGoat]

Awesome video! What a great experience.

[@mikeecottle]

Never landed that way at SFO. Usually this approach would interfere with OAK traffic but they must have been landing differently that day as well.

[@user-qb5yb5rl1p]

Loved this video. Brought back a lot of good memories of landing at SFO. Thank you for sharing.

[@ronhyde]

Great video and what a treat with the flight path and rare landing on that runway!

[@LAXTravels]

Glad you liked it! Yeah it was a great flight path in! The 30-40 minute holding pattern we did just prior to landing was pretty scenic too.

[@coreyjordan2745]

I love to travel. I love to fly. Traveling is the best thing in the world. Keep traveling.

[@kristenkunkel3745]

The beauty of the Bay Area and both bridges at the same time nice camera work 😊

[@cynthiacarter532]

Grew up there 1954-1975 literally within sight (and sound) of the airport and never saw a landing in this direction. Coming in from the west and landing on that runway was also rare and flew right over my high school. Very low, loud and cast shadows over the school!

[@kossboss]

landings on rw 1R or 1L? i thought thats what this one was gonna do until i painted the compasss in my head and realized its gonna come in from the east

[@41Forethought]

We lived in the San Bruno hills for a year in the mid 70s. Planes landing on 10R would pass right over our apartment, often so low that we could see passengers in the aircraft windows. Jumbo jet flyovers literally shook the apartment. Our parakeet never adapted to those landings; Reuben the Birthday Bird was VERY thankful that landings on 10R were fairly rare! 🛬

[@baconlatte]

Wow such clean and clear views

[@user-gj7oq1el7w]

I used San Jose for domestic flights and SFO for international flights. Great way to see the whole area.

[@sly2392]

HOME SWEET HOME.

[@natemiller8194]

Awesome video of coming in over the East bay

[@davidg9120]

I landed on that runway in a storm recently but never on a day like this one

[@wfwillis]

Nice view of Yuba Buena Island and Treasure Island. I spent 6 years on Treasure Island (plus 2 more living in Naval Housing while attending ADCOP at Foothill College) while serving in the Navy in the 60s and 70s. CWO4 USN Ret.

[@Sawyersaviation]

Love the videos! New sub! I love the ATC in the background it’s hard to find videos with that these days. And at first the video almost looked like MSFS😂 and the sound is perfect👌Keep up the great work!

[@Bakapooru]

Very cool. It wasn't this date, but I saw the Cathay Pacific flight that was diverted to OAK abort their landing attempt from the ground.

[@inqwit1]

Nice

[@eddavis447]

That was awesome! I've never seen a 19 landing!

[@melodiefrances3898]

Tbh, I hate flying into SFO, but I love seeing this video.

[@Emzzz78]

Me too! I use Sacramento mostly and Oakland only if I have to. SFO only when I’m flying to Toronto to visit family.

[@garygolfer3243]

Awesome! Starting at :40 in the video you can see Pillar Point and Mavericks surf break.

[@mattfriese7160]

Absolutely incredible the miracle that is human flight. Thanks for sharing

[@arianadelsur1604]

Awesome! I have been flying from SFO for 40 years and never experienced a day like this one landing. Thank you for sharing! Now you know why is so hard to leave the Bay Area

[@Offroader451-rm5jz]

Beautiful, never landed on 19L in all the years of flying into S.F., or out.

[@StevenBanks123]

Coming in from the north I never know where I am or what anything down there is. The southern approach I could see a couple of places where I lived! I could orient myself so easily. Pacifica, Daly, city, the national cemetery, salesforce, Tower, all the bridges,Yerba Buena and treasure Islands and Alcatraz. Good fun!

[@TheGrandPoohPaw]

Like flying home again. I haven’t lived in the Bay Area since I was 21, but I still looked at the ground with the familiarity of having been on virtually all of it. Great capture!

[@emilianoramirez5398]

Very Neat and rare aproach

[@LAXTravels]

With clear visibility too!

[@jawoody9745]

I love living here in San Francisco. I love flying over it. I landed on 19L only once, returning from London on Pan Am in 1986.

[@KLplaya]

The graphics are insane

[@LAXTravels]

DJI definitely makes great camera equipment.

[@KLplaya]

@@LAXTravels This is flight sim right? Because otherwise theres a discrepancy between rego number and flight number. I looked it up purely because i couldnt tell if it was real or not and just assumed it was MFS purely because that rego on that date was between ORD and ICT. Looks amazing regardless.

[@LAXTravels]

This flight is from December 29, 2023@@KLplaya

[@KLplaya]

@@LAXTravels Makes more sense now. Great vid

[@rael5469]

9:30 They are sitting so far forward I could hear the pilot disconnect the autopilot at about 9:34. "Cavalry Charge" sound.

[@wintercame]

Yes, the faint tones in the background. Cool.