Fallbrook Community Airpark
L18 · Fallbrook, California · San Diego County · map
Fallbrook Community Airpark is a public-use airport owned by the County of San Diego, 2 miles south of Fallbrook, California, 711 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 2,150 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L18
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of San Diego
- Elevation
- 711 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1964
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,150 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 45 × 45 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good |
- Runway 18: pulsating on the left
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace 294-332 San below 7,000 feet | 127.3 | |
| L18 and aWOS-3P | 118.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 760-723-6073.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Fallbrook from the FAA register
81 aircraft are registered to owners in Fallbrook, California: 64 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 4 drones, 3 gliders, 2 balloons. 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 · 28 since 1982, 3 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
- No safety area available due to abrupt DROP-OFF each end of runway.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 med intst only available. Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency (5 clicks on).
- Pattern altitude - 1708(1000) fixed wing, 1200(492) helicopter.
- SELF-SERVICE fuel available 24 hours.
- Restricted to public safety aircraft.
- Noise abatement: takeoffs climb straight ahead to 1200 feet above sea level. Runway 18 turn crosswind when abeam water tank 1.1 MI ese of runway. Runway 18 extend downwind leg to allow 1/3 mile final approach. Fly downwind east of high school.
- Taxiway hold bars non -STD dist from runway edge.
- Military base southwest, frq military helicopters in vicinity of airport.
- Concrete helipad closed to unauthorized aircraft.
- AP admin building east side of runway; fueling area west of afld.
- Part 77 obstruction, +15 feet hill 100 feet east of runway 18 centerline.
- Rotorcraft fuel unavailable. Recommended helicopter traffic pattern approach and departure at 492 feet above ground level to and from east at mid runway. Helicopter tgl rstrd to runway.
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.