Map of California's Airports

This is an interactive map of airports in California. Each type of airport has a different color. It also displays neighboring states and cities for context. For airport name, class, location, and category hover over the map. For more detail, zoom in, or scroll down.

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	California
	US States
	Mexican States
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Airport Class
●	Commercial Service Primar
●	Commercial Service Non-Primar
●	Reliever
●	General Aviation
●	Not a NPIAS Facitlity

California Airports Facts

This map of California Airports has 242 facilities. It includes major and minor airports.

California is the best-covered US state in terms of air traffic.

California’s share of national air passenger enplanements is greater than 8.9 percent.

California ranks in the top five States in the US in Aircraft, Engines, Parts & Avionics Manufacturing ($31.8); R&D ($3.8); & Air Couriers ($4.9) ($ in billions), Aviation Caucus.

California Airport Categories

According to the FAA there are 4 types of airports:

Commercial Service Primary Airports	Airports that have more than 10,000 passenger boardings each year.
Commercial Service Non-Primary Airports	Airports that have at least 2,500 and no more than 10,000 passenger boardings each year.
Reliever	Airports designated by the FAA to relieve congestion at Commercial Service Airports and to provide improved general aviation access to the overall community.
General Aviation	Public-use airports that do not have scheduled service or have less than 2,500 annual passenger boardings

NPIAS is the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) and it identifies nearly 3,300 public-use airports that are included in the national airport system.

Non-NPIAS airports do not receive federal funding; hence, they are not required to adhere to most federal grant assurances.

Although Non-NIPIAS airports are not subject to most federal requirements, they must maintain a safe operating environment for pilots and aircrafts.

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Busiest California Airports

Los Angeles International Airport LAX

LAX serves Los Angeles and ists surrounding metropolitan area.

Los Angeles Airport was founded in 1928, and was originally known as Mines Field.

The airport is operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), a branch of the Los Angeles city government.

Based on Enplanement numbers, Los Angeles Airport is the fifth busiest airport in the USA. It is also the busiest airport in the west coast of the United States.

LAX is the international gateway for passengers travelling internationally to Asia, Oceania, Mexico, and Central America.

San Francisco International Airport SFO

San Francisco International Airport is the largest airport in the San Francisco Bay Area and the second-busiest in California.

SFO is the fourteenth-busiest airport in the United States and the 30th-busiest in the world by passenger number.

In 2022 SFO enplaned 42,136,475 passengers. 76% of these passengers had domestic flights while 24% had international flights.

Most of the international passengers came from Asia followed by Europe and then Canada. Source: FLYSFO.

San Diego International Airport

San Diego International Airport (SAN) is the busiest single-runway commercial service airport in the U.S. and the third busiest airport in California.

The airport is an economic driver for the region, contributing nearly $12 billion in economic activity in 2019 and supports nearly 116,600 jobs. Source: San

Built in 1928, the San Diego Municipal Corporation built the airfield in celebration of Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly transatlantic nonstop.

Lindbergh had constructed and tested his record-setting plane (the Spirit of St. Louis) in San Diego.

Now days, San Diego is a major hub for Southwest Airlines, which holds 33% of the California market.

The airport has a direct connection to London's Heathrow Airport through British Airways, and a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt. Hence the airport is a transatlantic destination.

Enplanements in California Airports

Code	City	Airport	Enplanements 2022
LAX	Los Angeles	Los Angeles International	32,326,616
SFO	San Francisco	San Francisco International	20,411,420
SAN	San Diego	San Diego International	11,162,224
SMF	Sacramento	Sacramento International	6,040,824
SJC	San Jose	Norman Y Mineta San Jose	5,590,137
SNA	Santa Ana	John Wayne/Orange County	5,536,313
OAK	Oakland	Metro Oakland International	5,506,232
BUR	Burbank	Bob Hope	3,054,729
ONT	Ontario	Ontario International	2,840,758
LGB	Long Beach	Long Beach (Daugherty Field)	1,600,987
PSP	Palm Springs	Palm Springs International	1,499,987
FAT	Fresno	Fresno Yosemite International	1,077,710
SBA	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Municipal	610,916
STS	Santa Rosa	Charles M Schulz - Sonoma	304,053
SBP	San Luis Obispo	San Luis County Regional	273,690
MRY	Monterey	Monterey Regional	230,669
BFL	Bakersfield	Meadows Field	141,352
ACV	Arcata	California Redwood Coast-	118,924
RDD	Redding	Redding Regional	98,725
SCK	Stockton	Stockton Metro	74,529
SMX	Santa Maria	Santa Maria Public/Capt G Allan	15,911
BIH	Bishop	Bishop	10,754
SBD	San Bernardino	San Bernardino International	10,142
RIV	Riverside	March ARB	42,171
CCR	Concord	Buchanan Field	10,588
IPL	Imperial	Imperial County	9,180
CEC	Crescent City	Jack McNamara Field	8,218
VNY	Van Nuys	Van Nuys	7,551
HHR	Hawthorne	Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne	5,001
MMH	Mammoth Lakes	Mammoth Yosemite	4,056
CRQ	Carlsbad	McClellan-Palomar	3,715
MCE	Merced	Merced Yosemite Regional	3,431
SQL	San Carlos	San Carlos	2,957
SUU	Fairfield	Travis AFB	1,407
TRK	Truckee	Truckee-Tahoe	1,028
NTD	Point Mugu	Point Mugu NAS	930
NKX	San Diego	Miramar MCAS (Joe Foss Field)	805
APC	Napa	Napa County	682
VCV	Victorville	Southern California Logistics	627
MCC	Sacramento	McClellan Airfield	533
NJK	El Centro	El Centro NAF (Vraciu Field)	471
NZY	San Diego	North Island NAS (Halsey Field)	365
SLI	Los Alamitos	Los Alamitos AAF	331
SDM	San Diego	Brown Field Municipal	274
NUQ	Mountain View	Moffett Federal Airfield	268
CMA	Camarillo	Camarillo	193
SMO	Santa Monica	Santa Monica Municipal	139
TRM	Palm Springs	Jacqueline Cochran Regional	127
TVL	South Lake Tahoe	Lake Tahoe	95
NLC	Lemoore	Lemoore NAS (Reeves Field)	93
PRB	Paso Robles	Paso Robles Municipal	88
F70	Riverside (County)	French Valley	81
BAB	Marysville	Beale AFB	71
HWD	Hayward	Hayward Exec	68
SAC	Sacramento	Sacramento Exec	53
MYF	San Diego	Montgomery-Gibbs Exec	52
OXR	Oxnard	Oxnard	42
UDD	Palm Springs	Bermuda Dunes	41
MHR	Sacramento	Sacramento Mather	38
LVK	Livermore	Livermore Municipal	33
DVO	Novato	Gnoss Field	32
IZA	Santa Ynez	Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field	26
CXL	Calexico	Calexico International	23
VIS	Visalia	Visalia Municipal	23
HJO	Hanford	Hanford Municipal	12
L22	Yucca Valley	Yucca Valley	11
SEE	San Diego	Gillespie Field	11
WJF	Lancaster	General Wm J Fox Airfield	11
TOA	Torrance	Zamperini Field	10
LHM	Lincoln	Lincoln Regional/Karl Harder Field GA	10
PAO	Palo Alto	Palo Alto	9
99CL	El Mirage	El Mirage Field Adelanto	8
CIC	Chico	Chico Regional	8
CVH	Hollister	Hollister Municipal	8
DWA	Davis	Yolo County	8
MER	Atwater	Castle	8
MPI	Mariposa	Mariposa-Yosemite	8
APV	Apple Valley	Apple Valley	7
IYK	Inyokern	Inyokern	7
OVE	Oroville	Oroville Municipal	7
A30	Fort Jones	Scott Valley	6
E45	Groveland	Pine Mountain Lake	6
MHV	Mojave	Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan	6
AVX	Avalon	Catalina	5
AUN	Auburn	Auburn Municipal	4
A26	Adin	Adin	3
L70	Agua Dulce	Agua Dulce	3
O16	Garberville	Garberville	3
WVI	Watsonville	Watsonville Municipal	3
EMT	El Monte	San Gabriel Valley	2
LLR	Little River	Little River	2
MYV	Marysville	Yuba County	2
O61	Cameron Park	Cameron Park	2
E16	San Martin	San Martin	1
PTV	Porterville	Porterville Municipal	1
RIU	Rancho Murieta	Rancho Murieta	1
WHP	Los Angeles	Whiteman	1