Dos Palos Airport
28CA · Dos Palos, California · Merced County · map
Dos Palos Airport is a private airport owned by Spain Air INC., 2 miles south of Dos Palos, California, 118 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,210 feet of 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 28CA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Spain Air INC.
- Elevation
- 118 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,210 × 60 ft | Dirt, good |
- Runway 13: road 15 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 31: road 15 ft high 80 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Los Banos Municipal (13 nm northwest), Merced Yosemite Regional (20 nm north), Madera Municipal (25 nm east), Castle Airport (25 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Los Banos Municipal (13 nm northwest), Merced Yosemite Regional (20 nm north), Gustine Airport (24 nm northwest), Madera Municipal (25 nm east).
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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Runway 13/31 unusable when wet.
- Runway 13/31 marked with R'S.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Dos Palos from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Dos Palos, California: 8 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 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 · 1 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 Dos Palos 13 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprops
- Skyfarm Leasing LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,098 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 27,686 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/28CA.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 30, 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.