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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- 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
- 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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Brown Field Municipal (6 nm southwest), Gillespie Field (12 nm north), San Diego International (16 nm west), Montgomery-Gibbs Executive (17 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Brown Field Municipal (6 nm southwest), Gillespie Field (12 nm north), San Diego International (16 nm west), Montgomery-Gibbs Executive (17 nm northwest).
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
- See airspace letter dated 11/30/84.
- Western 220 feet gravel.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Scandinavian Aviation Academy INC 5 aircraft · El Cajon, 12 miles away
Repair stations in Chula Vista:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Chula Vista 38 aircraft · 31 piston singles, 2 gliders, 2 business jets
- Baja Airventures INC 3 aircraft in town
- Kpw Enterprises INC 2 aircraft in town
- Scandinavian Aviation Academy INC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Rohr INC · repair station
- Sams Electronic Technologies INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/0CL3.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.