KSDM Brown Field Municipal Airport
San Diego, CA · 13 miles SE of SAN DIEGO, CA
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KSDM
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 526.1 ft
- Coordinates
- 32-34-20.2000N 116-58-48.6000W
- Lat / Long
- 32.5722778, -116.9801667
- Mag. variation
- 14E (1980)
- Time zone
- UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 03/1948
- ARTCC
- LOS ANGELES CENTER
- FSS
- SAN DIEGO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- SDM (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0900-1700
- Pattern altitude
- TPA: RWY 8L-26R 1000'AGL; 8R-26L 600'AGL.
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT REIL RWY 08L, PAPI RWY 08L & RWY 26R, HIRL RWY 08L/26R, AND MIRL RWY 08R/26L - CTAF.
- International operations
- customs landing rights airport
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KSDM
Runways
Longest 7972 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 7972 x 150 ft. / 2430 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/concrete, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- PCN 43 /F/D/X/T Single wheel
Runway 8L
- Heading
- 082 magnetic, 096 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 526.1 ft.
Runway 26R
- Heading
- 262 magnetic, 276 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 507.7 ft.
- Dimensions
- 3185 x 75 ft. / 971 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- PCN 5 /F/D/Z/U Single wheel
Runway 8R
- Heading
- 082 magnetic, 096 true
- Markings
- basic, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 520.8 ft.
Runway 26L
- Heading
- 262 magnetic, 276 true
- Markings
- basic, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 506.8 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 4
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 1
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 128.25
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Atis
- 132.35
- Wx Asos
- 132.35 (619-333-1055)
- Brown Ground
- 124.4 [0800-2000]
- Brown Tower
- 128.25 225.4 [0800-2000]
- Socal Approach
- 124.35
- Socal Departure
- 125.15
- Clearance Delivery
- 124.4
Services
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A JET-A+ A+:FOR JET FUEL AFT HRS CALL FBO AT 619-671-9222; FEE FOR CALLOUT. MIL FUEL AVBL BY CALLING 619-671-9222.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.