AirportsMcClellan-Palomar Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Carlsbad, in California, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CLD.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CLD
- ICAO code
- KCRQ
- City
- Carlsbad
- State or region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 33.1283° N, 117.2800° W
- Elevation
- 101 m (331 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,493 m (4,897 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CLD means McClellan-Palomar Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KCRQ. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 33.1283° N, 117.2800° W. It stands 101 metres (331 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is San Diego, about 47 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Los Angeles, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
McClellan-Palomar Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,493 metres (4,897 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 505.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 1,493 m 4,897 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego International AirportSan Diego | SAN | 45 km |
| General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International AirportTijuana, Mexico | TIJ | 71 km |
| John Wayne Orange County International AirportSanta Ana | SNA | 82 km |
| Palm Springs International AirportPalm Springs | PSP | 106 km |
| Ontario International AirportOntario | ONT | 107 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,991 km | 16 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,110 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,477 km | 16 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,776 km | 11 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,917 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,238 km | 17 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,950 km | 11 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,109 km | 15 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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