ON The Rocks Airport
1CA6 · Alpine, California · San Diego County · map
ON The Rocks Airport is a private airport owned by Covert Canyon LLC, 5 miles southeast of Alpine, California, 2,650 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,340 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1CA6
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Covert Canyon LLC
- Elevation
- 2,650 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1990
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,340 × 60 ft | Gravel |
Aircraft registered in Alpine from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Alpine, California: 23 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 drones, 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 · 1 since 1982, 1 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
- VFR; private use.
- Land runway 15 only; takeoff runway 33 only. Left turn on departure to avoid homes.
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.