San Luis Obispo County Regional
SBP · KSBP · San Luis Obispo, California · San Luis Obispo County · map
San Luis Obispo County Regional is a public-use airport owned by San Luis Obispo County, 3 miles south of San Luis Obispo, California, 212 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 6,101 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 327 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 24 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 73,963 takeoffs and landings a year. About 355,645 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for San Luis Obispo County Regional?
Its FAA code is SBP, and its ICAO code is KSBP.
Where is San Luis Obispo County Regional?
It is 3 miles south of San Luis Obispo, California, 212 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at San Luis Obispo County Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 11/29, is 6,101 feet long.
Does San Luis Obispo County Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at San Luis Obispo County Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from San Luis Obispo County Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Phoenix Sky Harbor International, San Francisco International, Denver International, San Diego International, Los Angeles International. Every route
Are there flight schools at San Luis Obispo County Regional?
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 San Luis Obispo County Regional?
3 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 San Luis Obispo County Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SBP · ICAO KSBP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- San Luis Obispo County
- Elevation
- 212 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 6,101 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 2,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 11: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 800 ft, 5,300 ft available for landing
- Runway 29: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 501 ft, 5,600 ft available for landing
- Runway 07: road 10 ft high 410 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.0 | San Luis |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Sbp and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.6 | San Luis |
| Ground | 121.6 | San Luis |
| Approach and departure | 127.725 | San Luis |
| San Luis Obispo Center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.05 | San Luis |
| San Luis Obispo Rco | 122.4 | San Luis Obispo |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 805-547-1260.
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- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field (22 nm southeast), Paso Robles Municipal (26 nm north), Lompoc Airport (35 nm south).
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
- Prior to 15 may 1959.
- Refil customer bottle.
- Recurring flocks of waterfowl on and in vicinity of airport durg winter months.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 11; runway end identifier lights runway 29; VASI runway 11; high-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 29 operates continuously.
- Pattern altitude 991 above ground level single eng; 1491 above ground level MULTI-ENG, jet and high per.
- Transient tie dwn prking available west side, adjacent slf serve fuel facility
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 300 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 11.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 312 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 29.
- Runway 07/25 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Blast pad departure end runway 11: 600 feet an X 200 feet. Blast pad departure end runway 29: 600 feet an X 200 feet.
- Runway 11 VASI unusable beyond 5 degreess right of runway centerline.
- Taxilane widths less than standard.
Sustainable aviation fuel from the SAFxCHANGE record
Regular supply · 4 announcements, latest 2025-01 · supplied by Avfuel Corporation.
ACI Jet FBO begins offering SAF at 30/70 blend ratio with petroleum jet fuel.
Sustainable aviation fuel at San Luis Obispo County Regional: every announcement · Every airport with sustainable aviation fuel
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
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 6,352 departures from SBP in those twelve months, carrying 415,459 passengers in 552,099 seats (75% filled), to 35 destinations on 10 airlines.
All 35 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 290 |
| multi-engine | 16 |
| jets | 14 |
| helicopters | 7 |
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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 73,963, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 8,150 |
| air taxi and commuter | 4,813 |
| general aviation, travelling | 36,520 |
| general aviation, local | 23,503 |
| military | 977 |
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 San Luis Obispo from the FAA register
159 aircraft are registered to owners in San Luis Obispo, California: 112 piston singles, 17 drones, 10 piston twins, 8 business jets, 7 turboprops. 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.
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
Repair stations in San Luis Obispo:
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
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 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 (26 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 (26 nm) · (805) 550-1311 · [email protected]
- Sonjia Marie Johnston Baer private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Paso Robles, CA (26 nm) · (805) 550-3436 · [email protected]
All 12 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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 · 44 since 1982, 8 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 San Luis Obispo 159 aircraft · 112 piston singles, 17 drones, 10 piston twins
- Edge Autonomy Slo LLC 9 aircraft in town
- California Polytechnic State University 7 aircraft in town
- Gazelle Helicopters INC 4 aircraft in town
- Malolo LLC 3 aircraft in town
- California Polytechnic State University 7 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Aviation Consultants INC · repair station
- Golden State Propeller INC · repair station
- San Luis Avionics INC · repair station
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 1,245 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- San Francisco International (SFO) 1,132 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., United Air Lines Inc.
- Denver International (DEN) 712 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- San Diego International (SAN) 697 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Horizon Air
- Los Angeles International (LAX) 634 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., United Air Lines Inc.
- Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA) 457 flights in twelve months · Horizon Air, Alaska Airlines Inc.
- Ontario International (ONT) 448 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Portland International (PDX) 442 flights in twelve months · Horizon Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 44 since 1982 · 8 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 27,642 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SBP.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 26, 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.