Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge

Terminal 2’s Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge stays open 5:30 am-7:15 pm daily

In SFO Terminal 2, this Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge runs from 5:30 am through the last evening departures around 7:15 pm, so it covers the full AC schedule without late-night hours. It sits airside in T2’s concourse, handy for Air Canada gates and an easy walk from TSA once you’ve cleared security.

Access is restricted to Air Canada customers and qualifying Star Alliance arrangements, so traffic stays lighter than the big domestic clubs in Terminal 2 and Terminal 3. With only one Air Canada lounge at SFO, this is the single AC-branded option on the field, and it mainly sees transborder flyers to YVR, YYZ, and other Canadian hubs.

Food is standard Maple Leaf fare: a small buffet with cold items at breakfast and a rotation of simple hot dishes later in the day, all included in your entry price or membership. Don’t expect a full restaurant-style menu like some International Terminal lounges; think quick self-serve bites you can grab in under five minutes between boarding calls.

Drinks follow the typical lounge template with house wine, basic spirits, beer, and soft drinks as part of entry, with premium bottles usually extra or absent. Coffee machines and tea sit out all day, so you can pull a latte at 6:00 am before a first wave departure or a soda at 6:45 pm before the last evening push to Canada.

Space is modest compared with the large legacy-carrier clubs in Terminal 3, so seating fills during the roughly 60–90 minutes before each Air Canada flight. Because Terminal 2 connects airside to Terminal 1 but not to Terminal 3 or the International Terminal, factor in at least 10–15 minutes if you’re thinking about hopping to or from other lounges.

Build the buffer: be at the T2 checkpoint 60 minutes before a U.S.–Canada departure so you still get 20–30 minutes inside, and don’t burn time trying to lounge-hop between terminals when this Maple Leaf sits just a short walk from the actual Air Canada gates.