Oceano County
L52 · Oceano, California · San Luis Obispo County · map
Oceano County is a public-use airport owned by San Luis Obispo County, 1 mile west of Oceano, California, 14 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 2,325 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L52
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- San Luis Obispo County
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 986 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,325 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: right-hand traffic pattern, brush 8 ft high 380 ft from the end
- Runway 29: trees 15 ft high 506 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency. |
| L52 and aWOS-3 | 118.375 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 805-489-1305.
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 Oceano from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Oceano, California: 2 piston singles, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 2 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
- Dusk to dawn.
- Airport located 2 SM south of pismo beach.
- Unsfcd areas soft and unusable.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- C.a.east.
- Self service fuel available 24 hours.
- Recurring flocks of waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Ultralight act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Be alert for kites flown along beach 1/2 mile west of runway.
- Taxilanes very nrw NR buildings and parked aircraft.
- Extremely noise sensitive airport and community; for takeoff runway 29 pilots are required to mntn runway hdg until xng the shoreline.
- Taxiway lights at exit only.
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.
