FAA Identifier: SFO
Lat/Long: 37-37-08.3000N / 122-22-29.6000W
37-37.138333N / 122-22.493333W
37.6189722 / -122.3748889
(estimated)
Elevation: 13 ft. / 4.0 m (surveyed)
Variation: 17E (1975)
From city: 8 miles SE of SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Savings Time)
Zip code: 94128
Field elevation is 13 feet. So a sea level increase of 3 feet will put the airport "under water". Great math there folks! And at the minimum rise of 4", they can turn the airport into a marina.... RIGHT!
These articles are written for people who lack critical thinking skills and can't do simple research on the Internet. It wouldn't occur to the target audience to question the newspaper's assertions. ;)
Ooh! I hate when I have to take the wrong side here, but the 13 feet is probably an average elevation. Portions of the airport could possibly be close to sea level. I Google Earthed the airport and it appears that this could be the case. I'm not sure how accurate the Google Earth database is for SFO. Are there any Freeper pilots out there who have used SFO?