McClellan-Palomar Airport KCRQ / CRQ
North County's corporate airport in Carlsbad, 45 minutes from Downtown San Diego and minutes from La Costa, Rancho Santa Fe and the biotech cluster. CBP available; a short runway and a curfew ordinance restrict heavy and late operations.
4,897 ft
Longest runway
45 min
Drive to San Diego
2
FBOs / handlers
331 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24 with noise ordinance curfew 22:00–07:00 (tower 06:00–22:00)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel type
- Jet A, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 55 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Light to super-midsize jets; large-cabin with weight limits on a 4,897 ft runway.
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Atlantic Aviation Carlsbad
- Western Flight
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (4,897 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000S 4,325 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 500 4,084 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 500 4,222 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 450 3,907 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Latitude 3,580 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Sovereign+ 3,530 ft
Above the screening threshold
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS needs 4,675 ft
- Bombardier Learjet 45XR needs 4,680 ft
- Bombardier Learjet 40/40XR needs 4,680 ft
Other airports for San Diego
- San Diego International Airport KSAN 9,401 ft · 10 min
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- McClellan-Palomar Airport · Pink Floyd Fan 101 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons