FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024
Location
FAA Identifier: | SDM |
Lat/Long: | 32-34-20.2000N 116-58-48.6000W 32-34.336667N 116-58.810000W 32.5722778,-116.9801667 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 526.1 ft. / 160.4 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 14E (1980) |
From city: | 13 miles SE of SAN DIEGO, CA |
Time zone: | UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 92154 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 03/1948 |
Control tower: | yes |
ARTCC: | LOS ANGELES CENTER |
FSS: | SAN DIEGO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | SDM (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0900-1700 |
Pattern altitude: | TPA: RWY 8L-26R 1000'AGL; 8R-26L 600'AGL. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWY 08L, PAPI RWY 08L & RWY 26R, HIRL RWY 08L/26R, AND MIRL RWY 08R/26L - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
International operations: | customs landing rights airport |
Airport Communications
CTAF: | 128.25 |
UNICOM: | 122.95 |
ATIS: | 132.35 |
WX ASOS: | 132.35 (619-661-8297) |
BROWN GROUND: | 124.4 [0800-2000] |
BROWN TOWER: | 128.25 225.4 [0800-2000] |
SOCAL APPROACH: | 124.35 |
SOCAL DEPARTURE: | 125.15 |
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 124.4 |
CHASR STAR: | 124.35 |
CLASS B: | 124.35 ;062-109 SAN 14,000 FT & BLW |
CWARD DP: | 119.6 |
PADRZ DP: | 119.6 |
WX ASOS at NRS (7 nm W): | PHONE 619-437-9890 |
WX ASOS at SAN (14 nm NW): | PHONE 619-296-8934 |
WX AWOS-3P at SEE (15 nm N): | 125.45 (619-449-1228) |
WX ASOS at MYF (17 nm NW): | 126.9 (858-576-4337) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
PGYr167/2.3 | | POGGI VORTAC | | 116.45 | | 14E |
TIJr312/2.4 | | TIJUANA VOR/DME | | 116.50 | | 12E |
MZBr120/17.7 | | MISSION BAY VORTAC | | 117.80 | | 15E |
JLIr195/39.5 | | JULIAN VORTAC | | 114.00 | | 15E |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A JET-A+ 100LL:FOR FUEL AFT HRS CALL FBO'S AT (619) 671-9222; FEE FOR CALLOUT. MILITARY FUEL AVBL BY CALLING (619) 671-9222. |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | HIGH/LOW |
Bulk oxygen: | HIGH/LOW |
Runway Information
Runway 8L/26R
Dimensions: | 7972 x 150 ft. / 2430 x 46 m |
Surface: | asphalt/concrete, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | PCN 43 /F/D/X/T | Single wheel: | 107.0 | Double wheel: | 141.0 | Double tandem: | 213.0 |
|
Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 8L | | RUNWAY 26R |
Latitude: | 32-34.427732N | | 32-34.299302N |
Longitude: | 116-59.605682W | | 116-58.060468W |
Elevation: | 526.1 ft. | | 507.7 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
Runway heading: | 082 magnetic, 096 true | | 262 magnetic, 276 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path) RWY 26R PAPI UNUSABLE BYD 3 NM. |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Runway 8R/26L
Dimensions: | 3185 x 75 ft. / 971 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | PCN 5 /F/D/Z/U | Single wheel: | 12.5, OPERATOR PERMITS ONLY 12500 LBS. |
|
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 8R | | RUNWAY 26L |
Latitude: | 32-34.295277N | | 32-34.243988N |
Longitude: | 116-59.060755W | | 116-58.443450W |
Elevation: | 520.8 ft. | | 506.8 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
Runway heading: | 082 magnetic, 096 true | | 262 magnetic, 276 true |
Markings: | basic, in good condition | | basic, in good condition |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF SAN DIEGO 1424 CONTINENTAL ST SAN DIEGO, CA 92154 Phone 619-424-0455 |
Manager: | ANDY SCHWARTZ 1424 CONTINENTAL ST SAN DIEGO, CA 92154 Phone 619-424-0456 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 159 | Single engine airplanes: | | 127 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 17 | Jet airplanes: | | 7 | Helicopters: | | 8 |
| | | |
Aircraft operations: avg 275/day * | 64% | local general aviation | 29% | transient general aviation | 5% | military | 2% | air taxi | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2020 | |
Additional Remarks
- | BE ALERT TO ARPT BDRY ONE MILE NORTH FM MEXICAN/USA INTL BORDER. |
- | PARA JUMPING ON AIRPORT AND 3 MILES EAST. |
- | BE ALERT TO HIGH TERRAIN 3,566 FT. MSL SIX MILES EAST OF AIRPORT. |
- | BE ALERT WHEN DEPARTING ON RY 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. |
- | TWY G WEST OF TWY B RESTRICTED TO AIRCRAFT WITH WINGSPANS OF 133 FT OR LESS. |
- | AVOID DCT OVERFLIGHT OF PIO PICO ENERGY CENTER BLO 2000 FT AGL, 3 NM EAST OF AP. |
- | FOR CD WHEN ATCT CLSD CTC SOCAL APCH AT 800-448-3724. |
- | NO ENGINE OPNS ON RAMPS EXCEPT AS NECESSARY FOR ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 21 March 2024 at 0901Z to 18 April 2024 at 0900z.
STARs - Standard Terminal Arrivals |
CHASR TWO (RNAV) | |
download (208KB) |
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08L **CHANGED** | |
download (274KB) |
VOR OR TACAN-A | |
download (330KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (139KB) |
Departure Procedures |
CWARD TWO (RNAV) | |
download (206KB) |
PADRZ TWO (RNAV) | |
download (237KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (350KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KNRS - Imperial Beach Naval Outlying Field (Ream Field) (7 nm W)
KNZY - North Island Naval Air Station (Halsey Field) Airport (14 nm NW)
KSAN - San Diego International Airport (14 nm NW)
KSEE - Gillespie Field Airport (15 nm N)
KMYF - Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (17 nm NW)
KNKX - Miramar MCAS (Joe Foss Field) Airport (20 nm NW)
|
|
Road maps at:
MapQuest
Bing
Google
Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Mark Holtzman
Photo taken 05-Mar-2020
looking east.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Brown Field Municipal Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
|
Sectional chart |
|
CAUTION: Diagram may not be current
Download PDF of official airport diagram from the FAA
Airport distance calculator |
|
Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 28-Mar-2024
| | Local (UTC-7) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:16 | | 13:16 |
Sunrise | | 06:41 | | 13:41 |
Sunset | | 19:05 | | 02:05 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:29 | | 02:29 |
|
Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 29-Mar-2024 00:25:46 |
Local (UTC-7) | 28-Mar-2024 17:25:46 |
|
METAR |
KSDM | 282353Z 29008KT 260V330 5SM CLR 17/11 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP155 T01670106 10183 20156 56015
|
MMTJ 2nm S | 282343Z 25013KT 8SM SCT100 16/10 A3002 RMK SLP212 52010 954 8/070 HZY ISOL CI S
|
KNRS 7nm W | 282353Z 33012KT 10SM FEW020 SCT250 18/12 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP163 T01780122 10183 21167 56015 $
|
KSAN 14nm NW | 282351Z 30010G18KT 10SM FEW015 SCT250 17/11 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01670111 10183 20161 56017 $
|
KNZY 14nm NW | 282352Z 32013KT 10SM FEW018 FEW250 17/11 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01720106 10178 21511 56016 $
|
KSEE 15nm N | 282347Z 26009KT 10SM SKC 18/09 A3000
|
KMYF 17nm NW | 282353Z 30011KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP157 T01610106 10183 20150 56016
|
KNKX 19nm NW | 282355Z 29010KT 10SM CLR 14/11 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP155 T01440106 10167 20133 56016
|
|
TAF |
MMTJ 2nm S | 281648Z 2818/2918 28010KT P6SM BKN015 TX17/2822Z TN10/2912Z FM282000 28010KT P6SM SCT020 FM290300 00000KT 5SM HZ BKN015 FM290900 00000KT 3SM BR OVC010 FM291600 00000KT 5SM HZ BKN015
|
KSAN 14nm NW | 282249Z 2823/2924 29011KT P6SM SCT020 FM290300 29007KT P6SM BKN015 FM290600 VRB04KT P6SM BKN025 TEMPO 2907/2911 SCT025 FM291600 VRB04KT P6SM SCT025 BKN035 FM292100 24010KT P6SM BKN250
|
KNZY 14nm NW | 2823/2923 31012G17KT 9999 FEW020 FEW250 QNH2998INS BECMG 2900/2902 32010KT 9999 SCT020 SCT250 QNH2999INS TEMPO 2902/2904 31015G20KT BKN020 BKN250 BECMG 2904/2906 31008KT 9999 SCT018 BKN250 QNH2995INS TEMPO 2906/2908 VRB06KT BKN015 BECMG 2908/2910 VRB06KT FEW025 FEW120 BKN250 QNH2994INS BECMG 2917/2919 24008KT SCT025 SCT120 BKN250 QNH2992INS TX17/2922Z TN12/2913Z FS30196
|
KNKX 19nm NW | 2821/2921 29011KT 9999 SCT200 QNH2999INS BECMG 2904/2906 29003KT 9999 BKN015 QNH3000INS FM290800 34003KT 8000 BR BKN010 QNH2999INS BECMG 2914/2916 08003KT 9999 SCT025 QNH2995INS T17/2822Z T08/2914Z
|
|
NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
|
|