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 based aircraft. 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.
Weather right now KSBP · observed 3:56 pm PDT (22:56 UTC), 35 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 85°F (29°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 4:23 pm PDT (23:23 UTC), good until Wed 5:00 pm PDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 5:00 pm PDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm PDT (03:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 1:00 am PDT (08:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility ¼ mile, fog, sky obscured at 200 feet LIFR
- From Wed 9:00 am PDT (16:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 1:00 pm PDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSBP 062256Z 33013KT 10SM CLR 29/13 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP097 T02940128
TAF KSBP 062323Z 0700/0724 31012KT P6SM SKC FM070300 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM070800 VRB03KT 1/4SM FG VV002 FM071600 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM072000 31012KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 73,963, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.