Fullerton Municipal
FUL · KFUL · Fullerton, California · Orange County · map
Fullerton Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fullerton, 3 miles west of Fullerton, California, 96 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 3,121 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 312 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 81,562 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KFUL · observed 12:53 pm PDT (19:53 UTC), 31 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (230°) at 8 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 3,400 feet, a broken layer at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 69°F (21°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.73 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFUL 111953Z 23008G18KT 10SM BKN034 BKN050 21/13 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP065 T02060128
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 6E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent B737 at 1,000 ft, 9 nm west, 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC): a routine report.
- C182 at 4,300 ft, 7 nm southwest, 11:22 am PDT (18:22 UTC): a routine report.
- C172 at 3,300 ft, 9 nm west, 10:45 am PDT (17:45 UTC): a broken layer from 3,300 ft to 4,200 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (ONT, 22 nm northeast), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 220° at 16 kt; 6,000 ft: 220° at 20 kt, 9 °C; 9,000 ft: 220° at 19 kt, 4 °C; 12,000 ft: 230° at 21 kt, -1 °C; 18,000 ft: 230° at 26 kt, -13 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 4/3635 DISNEYLAND THEME PARK, ANAHEIM,, CA 2 nm southeast · security
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA FUL · ICAO KFUL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fullerton
- Elevation
- 96 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,004 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,121 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 45 × 45 ft | Concrete | |
| H2 | 45 × 45 ft | Concrete | |
| H3 | 45 × 45 ft | Concrete |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 427 ft
- Runway 24: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 253 ft, rr 23 ft high 225 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.1 | Fullerton |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.05 | Fullerton |
| Ground | 121.8 | Fullerton |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (HAWWC) | 125.35 | Fullerton |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 714-870-1372.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 283 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| helicopters | 14 |
| other | 5 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 81,562, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 129 |
| general aviation, travelling | 47,881 |
| general aviation, local | 33,511 |
| military | 41 |
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.
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.
Aircraft registered in Fullerton from the FAA register
83 aircraft are registered to owners in Fullerton, California: 69 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 5 helicopters, 2 piston twins, 2 gliders. 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Long Beach (Daugherty Field) (9 nm west), John Wayne/Orange County (13 nm southeast), San Gabriel Valley Airport (13 nm north).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Fullerton, by their names on the register:
- Kful Flyers Foudation INC 1 aircraft Fly KFUL is a flight school in Fullerton, California that offers pilot training from Private Pilot through Certified Flight Instructor ratings, as well as aircraft rental for qualified pilots.
- Kful Flyers Foundation INC 1 aircraft Fly KFUL is a flight school in Fullerton, California that offers pilot training including Private Pilot Certificate, Instrument, Commercial, and Certified Flight Instructor ratings.
- Ri Flying Club INC 1 aircraft
Repair stations in Fullerton:
- Adams Rite Aerospace INC Adams Rite Aerospace is a manufacturer and designer of aerospace hardware and control systems for commercial, military, and executive aircraft, based in Fullerton, California.
- Aircraft & Helicopter Services INC
- Brian Keith Gerdes Gerdes Aviation Services is an FAA-approved repair station specializing in pitot/static and transponder testing under 14 CFR 91.411 and 91.413.
- Ellingson INC Ellingson Inc is a precision machining and aerospace parts manufacturer based in Fullerton, California.
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
39 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 38 for private pilot, 33 for commercial and instrument, 13 for airline transport pilot, 23 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 5 for type ratings; 33 for airplanes, 18 for multi-engine airplanes, 6 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 5 sport aviation examiners, 49 aviation medical examiners, 11 mechanic examiners, 9 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 7 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 34 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 37 training center evaluators, 5 training center examiners.
- Andrew Joseph Strack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Fullerton Municipal Airport · Fullerton, CA (0 nm) · (714) 883-8410 · andrewjstrack@gmail.com
- Michael Jesch private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Flight Test Prep Fullerton · Fullerton, CA (0 nm) · (714) 588-9346 · mcjesch@gmail.com
- Brandon Joseph Kuchmecki private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Yorba Linda, CA (9 nm) · (714) 296-1455 · bkuchmecki@gmail.com
- Brian Petschauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, commercial pilot; helicopters · Anthelion Helicopters (KLGB) · Long Beach, CA (9 nm) · (818) 590-4441 · brianpetschauer@hotmail.com
- Matthew David Harlin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Long Beach, CA (9 nm) · (714) 651-7765 · mattharlindpe@gmail.com
- Ronald Darren Malm private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Signature FBO · Long Beach, CA (9 nm) · (760) 914-3104 · ron.malm@pm.me
- Edilberto Benjamin Valdez private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Huntington Beach, CA (10 nm) · (949) 464-7633 · ed@propilotaviation.com
- Ryan Davis private pilot; airplanes · Signal Hill, CA (10 nm) · (949) 412-3241 · pilot.ryan.davis@gmail.com
All 197 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 74 since 1982, 12 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 06 and 24; PAPI runway 06 and 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- +8 feet fence at 55 feet and +15 feet street at 65 feet from approach end runway 06.
- +8 feet fence at 15 feet and +15 feet street at 17 feet; pole and railroad at 100 feet from approach end runway 24.
- Approach ratio 14:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 15:1 to displaced threshold.
- Runway 06 calm wind runway.
- Portions of taxiway a between intersection F and west end not vsbl from the control tower.
- For noise abatement runway 06 preferred for takeoff; follow railroad tracks to east with no turns below 1000 feet above ground level. Runway 24 departure climb to 700 feet above ground level prior to turns.
- (84) segmented circle lighted.
- Lighted 750 feet tower 1.75 miles west of airport on heading of 285 degrees from airport.
- Portions of taxiway a adjacent to the approach end of runway 24 not vsbl from the control tower.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Fullerton 83 aircraft · 69 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 5 helicopters
- Skythrills! LLC 4 aircraft in town
- City of Anaheim 3 aircraft in town
- Fullerton Airport Pilot Association 2 aircraft in town
- Fly Kful INC 2 aircraft in town
- Kful Flyers Foudation INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Kful Flyers Foundation INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Ri Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Adams Rite Aerospace INC · repair station
- Aircraft & Helicopter Services INC · repair station
- Brian Keith Gerdes · repair station
- Ellingson INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 74 since 1982 · 12 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,094 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 27,552 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FUL.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 9, 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.