Brown Field Municipal
SDM · KSDM · San Diego, California · San Diego County · map
Brown Field Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of San Diego, 13 miles southeast of San Diego, California, 526 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08L/26R, is 7,972 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KSDM · observed 1:53 pm PDT (20:53 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 99°F (37°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.80 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSDM 062053Z 27011KT 10SM CLR 37/12 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP083 T03720117 58023 $
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 SDM · ICAO KSDM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of San Diego
- Elevation
- 526 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08L/26R | 7,972 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08R/26L | 3,185 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 26R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 08R: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 128.25 | Brown |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Sdm and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.35 | Brown |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 124.4 | Brown |
| Approach · Chasr and star · Class B airspace 062-109 San 14,000 feet and below | 124.35 | Brown |
| Departure | 125.15 | Brown |
| Departure procedure (CWARD) · Departure procedure (PADRZ) | 119.6 | Brown |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 619-333-1055.
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 Diego from the FAA register
683 aircraft are registered to owners in San Diego, California: 476 piston singles, 46 drones, 33 piston twins, 32 business jets, 31 helicopters. 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 · 30 since 1982, 10 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
- Be alert to airport bdry one mile north from mexican/U.S. international border.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08L, PAPI runway 08L and runway 26R, high-intensity runway lights runway 08L/26R, and medium-intensity runway lights runway 08R/26L - the common traffic frequency.
- <pattern altitude: runway 8L-26R 1000'AGL; 8R-26L 600'AGL.
- Runway 26R PAPI unusable beyond 3 NM.
- No engine operations on ramps except as necessary for arrivals/departures.
- Para jumping on airport and 3 miles east.
- Be alert to high terrain 3,566 feet. Above sea level six miles east of airport.
- Be alert when departing on runway 08L at night due to rising terrain to the east.
- Noise sensitive areas approx 1 mile west of airport, 1/2 mile northwest, and 2 miles north.
- Taxiway G west of taxiway B restricted to aircraft with wingspans of 133 feet or less.
- Avoid dct overflight of pio pico energy center below 2000 feet above ground level, 3 NM east of AP.
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.