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) and about 15 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 10,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Oceano County?
Its FAA code is L52.
Where is Oceano County?
It is 1 mile west of Oceano, California, 14 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Oceano County?
Its one runway, 11/29, is 2,325 feet long, asphalt.
Does Oceano County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Oceano County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Oceano County?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: California Polytechnic State University. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Oceano County?
4 pilot examiners and 4 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 Oceano County…
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 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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: San Luis Obispo County Regional (8 nm north), Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field (15 nm southeast), Lompoc Airport (27 nm south), Paso Robles Municipal (34 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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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 | 15 |
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 10,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 6,000 |
| general aviation, local | 4,000 |
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 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, 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:
- California Polytechnic State University 7 aircraft · San Luis Obispo, 9 miles away
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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 4 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- Eric Alan Cook private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Paso Robles, CA (34 nm) · (805) 459-8876 · [email protected]
- Mark Thomas Donnelly private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Paso Robles Airport · Paso Robles, CA (34 nm) · (805) 550-1311 · [email protected]
- Sonjia Marie Johnston Baer private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Paso Robles, CA (34 nm) · (805) 550-3436 · [email protected]
- Robin Leabman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Above All Aviation · Goleta, CA (46 nm) · (747) 767-1711 · [email protected]
All 14 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-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.
- 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. 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 Oceano 3 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 turboprops
- California Polytechnic State University 7 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 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/L52.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.