In which city was Starfleet Academy located?

Starfleet Academy was located in San Francisco. In Star Trek lore, the institution stood on Earth near the city and trained officer cadets for service in Starfleet, the spacefaring organization of the United Federation of Planets.

The Academy was established in the 22nd century, during the early history of the United Federation. Its location connected Starfleet's futuristic institution to a recognizable place on Earth. The Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco area frequently appear in visual references to the Academy, especially in later films and series.

Starfleet Academy is not the same as Starfleet Headquarters, although both are associated with San Francisco. The Academy is a school for cadets, while Headquarters is the administrative center of Starfleet. Characters such as James T. Kirk, Spock, Leonard McCoy, and many other officers studied there or were connected with its training system.

The city is sometimes confused with other major Federation locations because Star Trek frequently depicts Earth as a unified, futuristic world. New York, Tokyo, and London are important real-world cities, but they are not the canonical location of Starfleet Academy. Later stories also show campuses or facilities away from Earth, yet San Francisco remains its traditional headquarters and best-known location.