Calexico International
CXL · KCXL · Calexico, California · Imperial County · map
Calexico International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Calexico, 1 mile west of Calexico, California, 6 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,683 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CXL · ICAO KCXL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Calexico
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- customs available
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,683 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, power line 37 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 160 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · UNICOM monitored 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. |
| Yuma and center (remote transmitter) High | 118.0 | · Use: clearance delivery/P. |
| El Centro Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.275 |
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Aircraft registered in Calexico from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Calexico, California: 10 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins. 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 · 11 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
- Runway 08/26 - ground DROP-OFF on east end of runway and north of east aircraft parking area.
- Pattern altitude 800' conventional aircraft; 1200' jet aircraft.
- UNICOM monitored 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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.