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) and about 10 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 2,408 takeoffs and landings a year. About 58 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Calexico International?
Its FAA code is CXL, and its ICAO code is KCXL.
Where is Calexico International?
It is 1 mile west of Calexico, California, 6 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Calexico International?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,683 feet long, asphalt.
Does Calexico International have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Calexico International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Calexico International?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal. Every route
Are there flight schools at Calexico International?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Desert Flyers LLC and Imperial Valley Flight Training LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Calexico International?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Calexico International…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- customs available
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
- Notes
- customs available
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Imperial County (10 nm north), Brawley Municipal (20 nm north), Yuma Mcas/Yuma International (46 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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 4 departures from CXL in those twelve months, carrying 24 passengers in 36 seats (67% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calexico International → Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal CXL–HHR | 4 | 24 | ADVANCED AIR, LLC |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 5 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 2,408, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 2,167 |
| general aviation, local | 241 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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:
- Desert Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Calexico
- Imperial Valley Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Calexico
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. 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 Calexico 14 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins
- Frontier Agricultural Service INC 3 aircraft in town
- Timestone CORP 2 aircraft in town
- Desert Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Imperial Valley Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal (HHR) 4 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 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 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CXL.json.
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 27, 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.