McClellan-Palomar Airport
McClellan-Palomar Airport
McClellan–Palomar Airport (IATA: CLD, ICAO: KCRQ, FAA LID: CRQ) is a county-owned public airport located 3 miles (4.8 km; 2.6 nmi) southeast of downtown Carlsbad in San Diego County, California. The airport opened in 1959, replacing Del Mar Municipal Airport. It supports both general aviation and limited commercial service. As of March 2013, it was the fourth-busiest single-runway airport in the United States. The airport is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km; 3.5 nmi) from Legoland California. The airport was the location of a landfill from 1962-1975. The City of Carlsbad has expanded to now include the area around the airport. The airport is named for Gerald McClellan, an aviator and civic leader in San Diego's North County area. Most U.S. airports' three-letter FAA and IATA location identifiers are identical; however, McClellan–Palomar Airport's FAA identifier is CRQ while its IATA is CLD. The airport was the basis of part of the name of the TV production company Lorimar Television.
Location
33.128°N, 117.280°O · 101 m s. n. m. (331 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 7 Official publication
Tower
Ground
Clearance delivery
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
Departure
Frequencies from the official publication: FAA NASR, AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.
What flies here
From our own logbook: 4 aircraft documented between 2006 and 2025.
Types seen here
Airlines with documented aircraft
A count of our own aircraft profiles, year by year, from the public United States flight records: it reflects what we have documented, not the airport’s total traffic.
Airlines operating here · 4
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: United States Federal Aviation Administration · Public domain · view original
Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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This page was last updated on October 16, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 16). McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD). Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CLD
MLA
“McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 16 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CLD. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 16, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CLD.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CLD (Accessed: 21 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD)}},
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