List of airports in the San Diego area

Main article: Transportation in San Diego County

The following is a list of airports in the San Diego Area:

International airports

United States

• San Diego International Airport ( IATA : SAN, ICAO : KSAN, FAA LID : SAN) (San Diego, California, USA) is a public airport located 3 mi (4.8 km) northwest of the central business district of San Diego, California, and also 20 mi (32 km) from the Mexico – United States border at Tijuana, Mexico. It is owned by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. ^[1]

Mexico

• Tijuana International Airport ( IATA : TIJ, ICAO : MMTJ) (Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico), also known as General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport, is directly adjacent to USA-Mexico border.

Military airfields

• Coast Guard Air Station San Diego (San Diego, California) - shares field with San Diego International Airport
• Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton (MCAS Camp Pendleton) - a United States Marine Corps airfield located within Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
• Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) - a United States Marine Corps airfield located within Miramar, San Diego, California, formerly known as Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar
• Naval Air Station North Island (Coronado, California) - located directly across San Diego Bay from San Diego International Airport, approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) to the south
• Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (Imperial Beach, California)

Towered general aviation airports

• Brown Field Municipal Airport ( IATA : SDM, ICAO : KSDM, FAA LID : SDM) is located 13 miles (21 km) southeast of San Diego, along US-Mexico border.
• Gillespie Field ( IATA : SEE, ICAO : KSEE, FAA LID : SEE) is a county-owned public-use airport located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the central business district of San Diego in El Cajon.
• McClellan-Palomar Airport ( IATA : CLD, ICAO : KCRQ, FAA LID : CRQ) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Carlsbad.
• Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport ( IATA : MYF, ICAO : KMYF, FAA LID : MYF) is located six miles (10 km) north of the central business district of San Diego.
• Ramona Airport ( ICAO : KRNM, FAA LID : RNM, formerly L39) is located two miles (3 km) west of the central business district of Ramona.

Non-towered general aviation airports

• Agua Caliente Airport ( FAA LID : L54) is located one mile (1.6 km) northeast of Agua Caliente Springs.
• Borrego Valley Airport ( IATA : BXS ^[2] , FAA LID : L08) is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Borrego Springs.
• Fallbrook Community Airpark ( FAA LID : L18) is located two miles (3.2 km) south of Fallbrook.
• Jacumba Airport
• Lake Wohlford
• Oceanside Municipal Airport ( IATA : OCN, ICAO : KOKB, FAA LID : OKB) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) northeast of the central business district of Oceanside.
• Ocotillo Airport
• Pauma Valley Airfield

Other notable aviation facilities

• Torrey Pines Gliderport ( FAA LID : CA84) is a city-owned private-use glider airport located 11 nautical miles (20 km) northwest of the central business district of San Diego.

Notable closed airports

• Border Naval Outlying Landing Field South San Diego - now Border Field State Park
• Del Mar Municipal Airport
• Kearney-Mesa Airport (Kearney Mesa)
• La Pressa Airport (Spring Valley) - now Spring Valley Shopping Center
• Linda Vista Mesa Field (also known as Hourglass Field and Miramar Naval Outer Landing Field) (Mira Mesa)
• National City Airport (National City) - now part of California State Route 54, and National City Boulevard & West 35th Street in National City
• North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field
• Otay-Mesa Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) (Otay Mesa)
• Red Beach Marine Corps Airfield (Oceanside)
• Rosedale Naval Outlying Landing Field
• South Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field
• 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 Center
• San Diego Harbor Police
• Port of San Diego

References

1. "San Diego County Regional Airport Authority". Archived from the original on September 23, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
2. Airport information for BXS at Great Circle Mapper.