List of airports in the San Diego area
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The following is a list of airports in the San Diego Area:
United States of America
- San Diego International AirportSan Diego International AirportSan Diego International Airport , sometimes referred to as Lindbergh Field, is a public airport located northwest of the central business district of San Diego, California and from the Mexico – United States border at Tijuana, Mexico...
(San Diego, California, USA), also known as Lindbergh Field, is a public airportAirportAn airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located 3 mi (4.8 km) northwest of the central business districtCentral business districtA central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
of San Diego, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and also 20 mi (32.2 km) from the Mexico – United States border at TijuanaTijuanaTijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
, MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It is owned by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.
Mexico
- Tijuana International AirportGeneral Abelardo L. Rodríguez International AirportTijuana International Airport , sometimes referred to as General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, is Mexico's second northernmost airport after Mexicali International Airport...
(Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico), also known as General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport, is directly adjacent the USA-Mexico border.
Domestic airline service
- McClellan-Palomar AirportMcClellan-Palomar AirportMcClellan-Palomar Airport , known to locals as Palomar Airport, is a public airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of Carlsbad, a city in San Diego County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of San Diego and serves the northern part of the county...
is a public airportAirportAn airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of CarlsbadCarlsbad, California-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Carlsbad had a population of 105,328. The population density was 2,693.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Carlsbad was 87,205 White, 1,379 African American, 514 Native American, 7,460 Asian, 198 Pacific Islander, 4,189 from other...
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Military Airfields
- Coast Guard Air Station San DiegoCoast Guard Air Station San DiegoU.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Diego is a Coast Guard Air Station based in San Diego, California, United States, across the street from San Diego International Airport...
(San Diego, California) - shares field with San Diego International Airport. - Naval Air Station North IslandNaval Air Station North IslandNaval Air Station North Island or NAS North Island is located at the north end of the Coronado peninsula on San Diego Bay and is the home port of several aircraft carriers of the United States Navy...
(Coronado, California) - located directly across San Diego BaySan Diego BaySan Diego Bay is a natural harbor and deepwater port adjacent to San Diego, California. It is 12 mi/19 km long, 1 mi/1.6 km–3 mi/4.8 km wide...
from San Diego International Airport, approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) to the south. - Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (Imperial Beach, California)
- Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton (MCAS Camp Pendleton)Marine Corps Air Station Camp PendletonMarine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton or MCAS Camp Pendleton is a United States Marine Corps airfield located within Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It was commissioned in 1942 and is currently home to Marine Aircraft Group 39. The airfield is also known as Munn Field in honor of...
- a United States Marine CorpsUnited States Marine CorpsThe United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
airfield located within Marine Corps Base Camp PendletonMarine Corps Base Camp PendletonMarine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and serves as its prime amphibious training base...
. - Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar)Marine Corps Air Station MiramarMarine Corps Air Station Miramar , formerly Naval Air Station Miramar is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force...
- a United States Marine Corps airfield located within Miramar, San Diego, CaliforniaMiramar, San Diego, CaliforniaMiramar is a neighborhood in the northern part of the city of San Diego, California, USA. It includes residential areas and commercial and light industrial districts....
, formerly known as Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar.
Towered General Aviation airports
- Brown Field Municipal Airport is located 13 miles (20.9 km) southeast of San Diego, along US-Mexico border.
- Gillespie FieldGillespie FieldGillespie Field is a county-owned public-use airport located 10 miles northeast of the central business district of San Diego, in El Cajon, San Diego County, California, United States....
is a county-owned public-use airportAirportAn airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the central business district of San Diego in El CajonEl Cajon, California-History:El Cajon is located on the Rancho El Cajon Mexican land grant made in 1845 to María Antonia Estudillo, wife of Miguel Pedrorena. In 1876 Amaziah Lord Knox , a New Englander who had recently moved to California, established a hotel there to serve the growing number of people traveling...
. - Montgomery FieldMontgomery FieldMontgomery Field is a public airport located in San Diego, California, United States, six miles north of the central business district of San Diego. The airport covers and has three runways and two helipads...
is located six miles (10 km) north of the central business district of San Diego. - Oceanside Municipal AirportOceanside Municipal AirportOceanside Municipal Airport is a public airport located two miles northeast of the central business district of Oceanside, a city in San Diego County, California. The airport covers and has one runway. It is mostly used for general aviation....
is a public airportAirportAn airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located two miles (3 km) northeast of the central business district of OceansideOceanside, California-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Oceanside had a population of 167,086. The population density was 3,961.8 people per square mile...
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Non-towered General Aviation airports
- Agua Caliente AirportAgua Caliente AirportAgua Caliente Airport , also known as Agua Caliente Airstrip, is a public airport located northeast of Agua Caliente Springs, serving San Diego County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers and has one runway. Agua Caliente translates to "Hot Water" from Spanish.-Uses:There is an...
is located one mile (1.6 km) northeast of Agua Caliente Springs. - Borrego Valley AirportBorrego Valley AirportBorrego Valley Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles east of the central business district of Borrego Springs, in San Diego County, California, United States.-Facilities and aircraft:...
is located three nautical mileNautical mileThe nautical mile is a unit of length that is about one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian, but is approximately one minute of arc of longitude only at the equator...
s (6 km) east of the central business district of Borrego SpringsBorrego Springs, CaliforniaBorrego Springs is a census-designated place in San Diego County, California. The population was 3,429 at the 2010 census, up from 2,535 at the 2000 census. Many residents are seasonal while others remain year round...
. - Fallbrook Community AirparkFallbrook Community AirparkFallbrook Community Airpark , also known as Fallbrook Airpark, is a county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles south of the central business district of Fallbrook, in San Diego County, California, United States....
is located two miles (3.2 km) south of FallbrookFallbrook, CaliforniaFallbrook is an unincorporated community in northern San Diego County, California. The Fallbrook census-designated place population was 30,534 at the 2010 census, up from 29,100 at the 2000 census....
. - Jacumba AirportJacumba AirportJacumba Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile east of the central business district of Jacumba, in San Diego County, California, United States.- Facilities and aircraft :...
- Lake Wohlford
- Ocotillo AirportOcotillo AirportOcotillo Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located in Ocotillo Wells, a city in San Diego County, California, United States.- Facilities and aircraft :...
- Pauma Valley Airfield
- Ramona AirportRamona AirportRamona Airport is a public airport located two miles west of the central business district of Ramona, in San Diego County, California, United States...
is located two miles (3 km) west of the central business district of RamonaRamona, CaliforniaRamona is a census-designated place in San Diego County, California. The population was 20,292 at the 2010 census.The term Ramona also refers to an unincorporated community that includes both the Ramona CDP and the adjacent CDP of San Diego Country Estates CDP...
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Other notable aviation facilities
- Torrey Pines GliderportTorrey Pines GliderportThe Torrey Pines Gliderport is a city-owned private-use glider airport located 11 nautical miles northwest of the central business district of San Diego, a city in San Diego County, California, United States....
is a city-owned private-use gliderGlider aircraftGlider aircraft are heavier-than-air craft that are supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against their lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. Mostly these types of aircraft are intended for routine operation without engines, though engine failure can...
airport located 11 nautical mileNautical mileThe nautical mile is a unit of length that is about one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian, but is approximately one minute of arc of longitude only at the equator...
s (20 km) northwest of the central business district of San Diego.
Notable closed airports
- Linda Vista Mesa Field (also known as Hourglass Field and Miramar Naval Outer Landing Field) (Mira Mesa)
- Border Naval Outlying Landing Field (South San Diego) - now Border Field State ParkBorder Field State ParkBorder Field State Park is a state park of California, USA, containing beach and coastal habitat on the Mexico – United States border. The park is located within the city limits of Imperial Beach in San Diego County, adjacent to the suburb of Playas de Tijuana in Mexico...
- Kearney-Mesa Airport (Kearney Mesa)
- La Pressa Airport (Spring Valley) - now Spring Valley Shopping Center
- National City Airport (National City) - now part of California State Route 54California State Route 54State Route 54 is a California State Highway in San Diego that connects Interstate 5 to the city of El Cajon. The first section was built circa 1961, and the final section of freeway opened in 2007....
, and National City Boulevard & West 35th Street in National City - Otay-Mesa Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) (Otay Mesa)
- Red Beach Marine Corps Airfield (Oceanside)
- Sweetwater Dam Naval Outlying Landing Field (also known as Sweetwater Airport) (Encanto) - now Paradise Hills housing development
See also
- Air Route Traffic Control Center
- Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control CenterLos Angeles Air Route Traffic Control CenterLos Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center is an air traffic control center located in Palmdale, California, United States. It is located at the northeast corner of 25th Street East and Avenue P adjacent to USAF Plant 42 and the LA/Palmdale Regional Airport.One of 22 Air Route Traffic Control...
- San Diego Harbor Police
- Port of San DiegoPort of San DiegoThe Port of San Diego is a self-supporting public benefit corporation established in 1962 by an act of the California State Legislature. In 2007, The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics ranked the Port of San Diego as one of America's top 30 U.S. containership ports bringing in nearly of...