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Adelanto Airport

52CL · Adelanto, California · San Bernardino County · map

Adelanto Airport is a private airport owned by Adelanto Arpt Property Owners Assn, 4 miles southwest of Adelanto, California, 3,075 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, E/W, is 5,100 feet of dirt.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA 52CL
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner
Adelanto Arpt Property Owners Assn
Elevation
3,075 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
around the clock
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
On the chart
Los Angeles sectional
Magnetic variation
14E
In the FAA's files since
March 1963

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

EWNSN1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
E/W5,100 × 100 ftDirt
N/S3,930 × 100 ftDirt
  • Runway E: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 300 ft, fence 3 ft high 20 ft from the end
  • Runway W: threshold displaced 300 ft, fence 3 ft high 20 ft from the end
  • Runway N: threshold displaced 300 ft, power line 150 ft high 2,600 ft from the end
  • Runway S: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 300 ft, power line 200 ft high 5,200 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Apt Remark 1 With UNICOM Freq124.05 · Clearall approaches with george afb on UNICOM 124.05 for conflicting traffic.

Aircraft registered in Adelanto from the FAA register

21 aircraft are registered to owners in Adelanto, California: 20 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal

2014-04-27WPR14LA173 · Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 600N N606BP · accident · serious injuries
2012-07-20WPR12LA315 · Piper Pa-32S-300 N5212S · accident · no injuries
2012-06-17WPR12CA270 · Fisher Harold R 320 N686KB · accident · no injuries
2009-11-07WPR10LA048 · Piasecki/Pike Pv-18 N183YP · accident · 3 killed

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

  • Pvt use and rdo comm with george afb TWR-126.2
  • Clearall approaches with george afb on UNICOM 124.05 for conflicting traffic.
  • 1350' an X 30' asphalt on east end
  • Runway north and runway south fence - marked - 3 feet height 20 feet from runway end.
  • (02) check with tower at george afb for conflicting traffic

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.