McClellan–Palomar Airport

McClellan–Palomar Airport (Palomar Airport) (IATA: CLD, ICAO: KCRQ, FAA LID: CRQ) is a public airport three miles (5 km) southeast of Carlsbad in San Diego County, California. It is owned by the County of San Diego. The airport is used for both general aviation and commercial aviation. As of March 2013, the airport was the fourth-busiest single runway airport in the United States.

McClellan–Palomar Airport
FAA airport diagram
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of San Diego
ServesNorth San Diego County
Location2100 Palomar Airport Road
Carlsbad, CA 92011
Elevation AMSL331 ft / 101 m
Coordinates33°07′42″N 117°16′48″W
Websitewww.sdcounty.ca.gov/.../palomar.html
Map
CLD
Location of airport in California
CLD
CLD (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 4,897 1,493 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 100 30 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations160,887
Based aircraft288
Sources: FAA, airport website

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but McClellan–Palomar Airport is CRQ to the FAA and CLD to the IATA. The ICAO identifier is KCRQ.

The airport is named for Gerald McClellan, an aviator and civic leader in San Diego's North County area.

The airport was the basis of part of the name of the TV production company Lorimar Television.

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