| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Tue Mar 3, 2026 | 31D | Where to catch a Bay Area flight | Drew Schmenner | Shortz |
| Tue Nov 11, 2025 | 35D | Penultimate stop on the red BART line, in brief | Christina Iverson and Scott Hogan | Shortz |
| Wed Nov 5, 2025 | 23A | Terminus of one BART line, in brief | Chad Hazen and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 24, 2025 | 101A | West Coast airport code (4) | Michael Lieberman | Shortz |
| Mon Jun 30, 2025 | 28A | Bay Area airport code (7) | Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
| Tue May 13, 2025 | 35D | West Coast air hub | Joe Rodini | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 16, 2025 | 21D | BART stop, for short | Paul Coulter | Shortz |
| Mon Jan 27, 2025 | 21A | Bay Area airport code (7) | Alexander Liebeskind | Shortz |
| Sun Jan 12, 2025 | 46D | West Coast airport code (4) | Jeffrey Martinovic | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 14, 2024 | 33D | W. Coast hub for United Airlines | Matthew Faiella | Fagliano |
| Wed Dec 27, 2023 | 54D | West Coast airport code (4) | Kareem Ayas | Shortz |
| Wed Nov 29, 2023 | 33D | Airport served by BART, for short | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | Shortz |
| Wed Sep 27, 2023 | 43D | West Coast hub for United | Scott Koenig | Shortz |
| Mon Aug 28, 2023 | 5D | Bay Area air hub | Brian Callahan | Shortz |
| Tue Aug 22, 2023 | 58D | Bay Area airport code (7) | Jay Silverman | Shortz |
| Sun Jun 4, 2023 | 55D | Bay Area airport code (7) | Rafael Musa | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 12, 2023 | 77D | NorCal hub | David Tuffs | Shortz |
| Sun Oct 9, 2022 | 47A | Airport with a BART station | Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 25, 2022 | 98A | United hub, on luggage tags | Meghan Morris | Shortz |
| Sun May 1, 2022 | 20D | Bay Area airport code (7) | Brandon Koppy | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 6, 2022 | 77D | Airport with a Harvey Milk terminal: Abbr. | Matthew Stock and Will Nediger | Shortz |
| Thu Dec 2, 2021 | 7D | West Coast air hub, for short (4) | Rebecca Goldstein | Shortz |
| Fri Nov 19, 2021 | 29D | NorCal airport | John Hawksley | Shortz |
| Tue Oct 12, 2021 | 21A | Bay Area airport code (7) | Conor Sefkow | Shortz |
| Sat Sep 11, 2021 | 46D | United Airlines hub, for short | Sid Sivakumar | Shortz |
| Tue Aug 17, 2021 | 49A | LAX's counterpart in northern California | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | Shortz |
| Mon May 3, 2021 | 58A | Bay Area hub, for short | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
| Tue Feb 23, 2021 | 46D | Hub NW of LAX (2) | Kate Hawkins | Shortz |
| Sat Oct 3, 2020 | 54A | Terminus for some BART riders | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson | Shortz |
| Tue Apr 28, 2020 | 37A | California's second-busiest airport, after LAX (2) | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 21, 2020 | 38D | Airport across the bay from OAK | Carl Larson | Shortz |
| Thu Sep 12, 2019 | 64D | Air hub between LAX and Sea-Tac | Grant Thackray | Shortz |
| Thu Aug 15, 2019 | 32D | West Coast airport code (4) | Andrew Zhou | Shortz |
| Tue Jun 11, 2019 | 24A | West Coast air hub, for short (4) | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Thu May 9, 2019 | 23D | West Coast air hub, for short (4) | Lewis Rothlein | Shortz |
| Thu Dec 21, 2017 | 32A | Busy W. Coast airport | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
| Wed Aug 2, 2017 | 44A | Bay Area airport code (7) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
| Sat Mar 4, 2017 | 4D | Trans-Pacific flight destination, for short | Mary Lou Guizzo | Shortz |
| Mon Feb 27, 2017 | 23A | Airport up the coast from LAX | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
| Sun Jan 15, 2017 | 4D | W. Coast air hub (2) | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Fri Oct 7, 2016 | 58D | Main hub for Virgin America, for short | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
| Sun Sep 11, 2016 | 116D | Destination for some BART riders, for short | Ned White and George Barany | Shortz |
| Thu Jun 11, 2015 | 54D | Calif. air hub (2) | Lewis E. Rothlein | Shortz |
| Mon Jun 8, 2015 | 45D | Bay Area airport inits. | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 12, 2015 | 69A | Landing place on a bay, for short | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 28, 2014 | 82D | Destination between LAX and Sea-Tac | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
| Sat May 24, 2014 | 21A | United hub, briefly | Peter Wentz | Shortz |
| Sun Apr 13, 2014 | 63D | Airport on a bay, for short | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
| Tue Nov 19, 2013 | 5D | Bay Area airport, briefly | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Mon Aug 19, 2013 | 24D | Calif. air hub (2) | Jean O'Conor | Shortz |
| Mon Oct 22, 2012 | 32D | California's second-busiest airport, after LAX (2) | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
| Sun Mar 4, 2012 | 48A | Destination NW of LAX | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 25, 2011 | 90A | Bay Area airport, in shorthand | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Sun Aug 7, 2011 | 12D | W. Coast air hub (2) | Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan | Shortz |
| Sat May 9, 2009 | 9D | Hub northwest of LAX | Brad Wilber | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 20, 2008 | 56D | West Coast airport inits. (2) | Pete Muller | Shortz |
| Sun May 18, 2008 | 93A | Airport with a BART terminal | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
| Sat Oct 6, 2007 | 32D | Hub NW of LAX (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley and David Quarfoot | Shortz |
| Fri Feb 23, 2007 | 26A | W. Coast airport | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
| Sun Dec 25, 2005 | 38D | West Coast airport inits. (2) | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | Shortz |
| Sat Nov 26, 2005 | 32D | It's about 375 miles NW of LAX | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Sun Jul 13, 2003 | 34D | Bay Area airport letters (2) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Tue Jan 21, 2003 | 67D | Bay area airport letters (2) | Richard Chisholm | Shortz |
| Thu Sep 19, 2002 | 23A | West Coast air hub, for short (4) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
| Thu Nov 8, 2001 | 19A | Airport northwest of LAX | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |