McClellan–Palomar Airport
McClellan–Palomar Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | County of San Diego | ||||||||||
| Serves | Northern San Diego County | ||||||||||
| Location | 2100 Palomar Airport Road Carlsbad, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 331 ft / 101 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°07′42″N 117°16′48″W / 33.12833°N 117.28000°W | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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Sources: FAA, airport website | |||||||||||
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 and commercial aviation. As of March 2013, the airport was the fourth-busiest single runway airport in the United States.
The airport is named for Gerald McClellan, an aviator and civic leader in San Diego's North County area. 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 was the basis of part of the name of the TV production company Lorimar Television.