KCRQ Mc Clellan-Palomar Airport
Carlsbad, CA · 3 miles SE of CARLSBAD, CA
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KCRQ
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 330.5 ft
- Coordinates
- 33-07-41.7000N 117-16-48.3000W
- Lat / Long
- 33.12825, -117.2800833
- Mag. variation
- 14E (1980)
- Time zone
- UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 05/1959
- ARTCC
- LOS ANGELES CENTER
- FSS
- SAN DIEGO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- CRQ (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0700-2200
- Pattern altitude
- TPA 672 AGL HELICOPTERS; 1172 AGL SMALL ACFT; 1672 AGL LARGE ACFT.
- Wind indicator
- no
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- WHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT HIRL RWY 06/24, PAPI RWYS 06 & 24, MALSR RWY 24 - CTAF.
- International operations
- US CUSTOMS USER FEE ARPT, CTC 877-848-7766.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KCRQ
Runways
Longest 4897 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 40 x 50 ft. / 12 x 15 m
- Surface
- concrete, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity Runway edge markings
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 110.0
Runway 6
- Heading
- 065 magnetic, 079 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:4897 TODA:4897 ASDA:4897 LDA:4600
- Markings
- , in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 297 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 316.0 ft.
Runway 24
- Heading
- 245 magnetic, 259 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.20 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- Helipad H1
- Declared distances
- TORA:4897 TODA:4897 ASDA:4897 LDA:4897
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- no
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 326.3 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 4
Approaches — IAP 6
Arrivals — STAR 2
Other charts 1
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 118.6
- Atis
- 120.15
- Wx Asos
- PHONE 760-795-2628
- Palomar Ground
- 121.8 [0700-2200]
- Palomar Tower
- 118.6 276.4 [0700-2200]
- Socal Approach
- 127.3
- Socal Departure
- 127.3
- Clearance Delivery
- 134.85
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.