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KCRQ — Mc Clellan-Palomar
Carlsbad, CA · field elevation 331 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KCRQ current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KCRQ 252353Z VRB04KT 10SM FEW010 23/19 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP109 T02330189 10250 20228 56009
- Wind
- variable at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 23 °C / dewpoint 19 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,468 ft · pressure altitude 391 ft
- Observed
- 11 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
8 within 20 nm, closest 6 nm. Last image 7 min ago.
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Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KCRQ 252321Z 2600/2624 28008KT P6SM FEW009 SCT150 FM260300 VRB04KT P6SM SCT006 SCT200 TEMPO 2607/2611 5SM BR BKN004 FM261100 VRB03KT 5SM BR BKN004 FM261600 VRB04KT P6SM SCT007 FM262000 26008KT P6SM SCT200
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 33.12825, -117.28008
- Elevation
- 331 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1340Z / 0140Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 14°E (1980)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Los Angeles
- County
- San Diego, CA
Airport diagram
Everything else KCRQ publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,897 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| H1 | 40 | 50 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 120.15
- Tower 0700-2200
- 118.6
- Ground
- 121.8
- Clearance
- 134.85
- CTAF
- 118.6
- Approach
- 127.3
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP)
- 2 departures published
- 1 arrival published
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KCRQ airport diagram or an approach plate
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Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.