List of airports in the San Diego area

The following is a list of airports in the San Diego Area:

United States

 * San Diego International Airport (San Diego, California, USA) is a public airport located 3 mi northwest of the central business district of San Diego, California, and also 20 mi from the Mexico – United States border at Tijuana, Mexico. It is owned by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.

Mexico

 * Tijuana International Airport (Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico), also known as General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport, is directly adjacent the USA-Mexico border.

Military Airfields

 * Coast Guard Air Station San Diego (San Diego, California) - shares field with San Diego International Airport.
 * Naval Air Station North Island (Coronado, California) - located directly across San Diego Bay from San Diego International Airport, approximately 1.5 mi to the south.
 * Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (Imperial Beach, California)
 * Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton (MCAS Camp Pendleton) - a United States Marine Corps airfield located within Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
 * Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) - a United States Marine Corps airfield located within Miramar, San Diego, California, formerly known as Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar.

Towered General Aviation airports

 * Brown Field Municipal Airport is located 13 mi southeast of San Diego, along US-Mexico border.
 * Gillespie Field is a county-owned public-use airport located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the central business district of San Diego in El Cajon.
 * McClellan-Palomar Airport is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Carlsbad.
 * Montgomery Field is located six miles (10 km) north of the central business district of San Diego.
 * Ramona Airport is located two miles (3 km) west of the central business district of Ramona.

Non-towered General Aviation airports

 * Agua Caliente Airport is located one mile (1.6 km) northeast of Agua Caliente Springs.
 * Borrego Valley Airport is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Borrego Springs.
 * Fallbrook Community Airpark is located two miles (3.2 km) south of Fallbrook.
 * Jacumba Airport
 * Lake Wohlford
 * Oceanside Municipal Airport is a public airport located two miles (3 km) northeast of the central business district of Oceanside.
 * Ocotillo Airport
 * Pauma Valley Airfield

Other notable aviation facilities

 * Torrey Pines Gliderport is a city-owned private-use glider airport located 11 nautical miles (20 km) northwest of the central business district of San Diego.

Notable closed airports

 * Border Naval Outlying Landing Field South San Diego - now Border Field State Park
 * Del Mar Municipal Airport
 * Kearney-Mesa Airport (Kearney Mesa)
 * La Pressa Airport (Spring Valley) - now Spring Valley Shopping Center
 * Linda Vista Mesa Field (also known as Hourglass Field and Miramar Naval Outer Landing Field) (Mira Mesa)
 * National City Airport (National City) - now part of California State Route 54, and National City Boulevard & West 35th Street in National City
 * Otay-Mesa Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) (Otay Mesa)
 * Red Beach Marine Corps Airfield (Oceanside)
 * Sweetwater Dam Naval Outlying Landing Field (also known as Sweetwater Airport) (Encanto) - now Paradise Hills housing development
 * North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field
 * South Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field
 * Rosedale Naval Outlying Landing Field