Desert Wings Sky Ranch Airport
04CL · Julian, California · San Diego County · map
Desert Wings Sky Ranch Airport is a private airport, 9 miles east of Julian, California, 2,310 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 1,900 feet of gravel and dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 04CL
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,310 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 1,900 × 100 ft | Gravel and dirt |
- Runway 26: threshold displaced 600 ft, power line 50 ft high 50 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ramona Airport (24 nm west), Gillespie Field (31 nm southwest), Jacqueline Cochran Regional (36 nm northeast), Montgomery-Gibbs Executive (39 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Borrego Valley Airport (12 nm northeast), Ramona Airport (24 nm west), Gillespie Field (31 nm southwest), Jacqueline Cochran Regional (36 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Pvt use.
- Wind sock installed on north side of runway.
- Unmkd/unlighted approximately 50' high power line runs north and south 50' east of east end of runway.
- (A30-E) east end runway closed because of power line.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Julian from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Julian, California: 4 piston singles, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Julian 5 aircraft · 4 piston singles, 1 drones
- Quinn Knives LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/04CL.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.