Borrego Valley Airport
L08 · Borrego Springs, California · San Diego County · map
Borrego Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of San Diego, 3 miles east of Borrego Springs, California, 522 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,011 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 15 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 21,225 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Borrego Valley Airport?
Its FAA code is L08.
Where is Borrego Valley Airport?
It is 3 miles east of Borrego Springs, California, 522 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Borrego Valley Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,011 feet long, asphalt.
Does Borrego Valley Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Borrego Valley Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Borrego Valley Airport?
15 pilot examiners and 19 aviation medical examiners 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 Borrego Valley Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L08
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of San Diego
- Elevation
- 522 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,011 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Staffed 8:00 am to 4:00 pm |
| L08 and aWOS-3P | 126.575 | |
| Laguna and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 760-767-3308.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, flight instruction, parachute jumping
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Jacqueline Cochran Regional (24 nm north), Bermuda Dunes Airport (29 nm north), Ramona Airport (33 nm southwest), Palm Springs International (35 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 140 feet tower 1600 feet north of runway 08.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency (5 clicks on).
- Staffed 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Self service 24 hour.
- Runway 08/26 400 feet blast pad beyond each end of runway area.
- Unusable beyond 3.0 NM due to trrn.
- During hot weather hvy aircraft parking rstrd to concrete pads on outer transient ramp.
- Aerobatic box north side of airport during daylight hours from surface to 5000 feet above sea level, CK NOTAMs for act.
- Noise sensitive area W-NW. do not overfly elementary school 1 NM west of airport.
- Be aware of frq chgs in wind dir, strong up/DN drafts and turb poss durg high wind conditions.
- All aircraft traffic patterns to south.
- Coyotes and migratory birds ocnlly on or in vacinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 10 |
| other | 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 21,225, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 15,919 |
| general aviation, local | 5,094 |
| military | 212 |
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 Borrego Springs from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Borrego Springs, California: 13 piston singles, 6 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
15 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 14 for commercial and instrument, 8 for airline transport pilot, 11 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot; 14 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 19 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 10 training center evaluators, 2 training center examiners, 10 administrative pilot examiners.
- Julie Ann Keane private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Ramona, CA (33 nm) · (760) 703-1967 · [email protected]
- Kenneth Douglas Shepherd private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Ramona, CA (33 nm) · (619) 890-0850 · [email protected]
- Alejandro Silva private pilot; airplanes · Provectus Aviation Unlimited, LLC · El Cajon, CA (43 nm) · (619) 504-9129 · [email protected]
- Rodney Anderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Circle Air · El Cajon, CA (43 nm) · (714) 757-0066 · [email protected]
- Chad Irick private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murrieta, CA (46 nm) · (951) 306-9820 · [email protected]
- Kelly Lynn Manzani private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · French Valley Airport/Main Terminal Building · Murrieta, CA (46 nm) · (951) 553-5423 · [email protected]
- David William Leonard private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Diego, CA (49 nm) · (619) 274-0804 · [email protected]
- Gregory Michael Madariaga private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Diego, CA (49 nm) · (818) 402-4860 · [email protected]
All 73 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.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 12 since 1982, 2 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 Borrego Springs 19 aircraft · 13 piston singles, 6 piston twins
- Mitchell Aircraft Components INC 5 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 12 since 1982 · 2 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/L08.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.