John Nichol'S Field
0CL3 · Chula Vista, California · San Diego County · map
John Nichol'S Field is a private airport owned by Tactical Air Operations, INC., 10 miles east of Chula Vista, California, 500 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,036 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0CL3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Tactical Air Operations, INC.
- Elevation
- 500 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to sunset
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1987
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,036 × 30 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 09: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 220 ft
Aircraft registered in Chula Vista from the FAA register
38 aircraft are registered to owners in Chula Vista, California: 31 piston singles, 2 gliders, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- See airspace letter dated 11/30/84.
- Western 220 feet gravel.
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 5, 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.