Clear security at Sonoma County Airport, ride straight to your SFO gate: new coach service starts November 17
Landline's Straight to Gate service lets travelers check bags and clear TSA screening at STS, then ride a secure coach directly to the secure side of San Francisco International.
SONOMA: North Bay travelers flying out of San Francisco International Airport will soon be able to start the trip in Sonoma County. Landline, Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport and SFO announced on October 12 a service called Straight to Gate, starting November 17, that lets passengers check in, drop their bags and clear TSA security at STS before riding a secure coach nonstop to the SFO airfield.
At SFO, arriving coach passengers walk into the terminal on the secure side and head to their gate without clearing security a second time, while their checked bags are transferred to their flight. The Points Guy, which reported the launch independently, says the coaches arrive at Gate A3 in the International Terminal and that the ride takes a little over two hours, depending on traffic. Landline founder and CEO David Sunde put the pitch plainly in the announcement: trips to anywhere in the world, he said, can start close to home.
The outbound service covers five airlines at launch: United, Alaska, Hawaiian, American and JetBlue, with more partners promised in the coming months. The trip home works differently. Travelers arriving at SFO on any airline can ride back to STS, collecting their bags first and meeting the coach at the curb outside baggage claim at every SFO terminal, including the International Terminal.
Service begins with eight daily round trips. Coaches leave STS at 5, 7, 9 and 11 a.m. and at 1, 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m., with return trips leaving SFO from about 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. One-way fares are $55 per adult, and children 15 and under ride free with a paying adult. The Points Guy notes the rides are not eligible for airline loyalty points. Reservations are open now through Landline's booking site, where travelers enter their SFO flight and the tool recommends a coach departure time.
The coaches are fitted with extra-legroom leather seats in a 2x1 layout, Starlink Wi-Fi, power at every seat and an onboard restroom, and they are wheelchair accessible. The model is not new for Landline: the company already runs a remote terminal service in Framingham, Massachusetts, where travelers check in and clear security in the suburbs before riding to Boston Logan International Airport. The Points Guy calls the Sonoma County route Landline's first on the West Coast.
For Sonoma Valley residents, the appeal is the drive they no longer have to make at the start of a trip: no Highway 101 run to SFO, no airport parking, and no second security line at the far end. Airport manager Jon Stout said in the announcement that the service extends the convenience STS is known for to SFO's much larger network of domestic and international flights. The first coaches roll on November 17.
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