KCRQ McClellan-Palomar Airport IFR

  • Name
    McClellan-Palomar Airport
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    KCRQ / CLD / KCRQ
  • Type
  • Region
  • Timezone
    9:05 pm (PST)
  • Municipality
    Carlsbad
  • Coordinates
    33° 7′ 41″ N 117° 16′ 47″ E
  • Elevation
    331 ft (101 m MSL)

About McClellan-Palomar Airport

McClellan–Palomar Airport (Palomar Airport) (IATA: CLD, ICAO: KCRQ, FAA LID: CRQ) is a public airport three miles (4.8 km; 2.6 nmi) 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.

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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