Brown Field Municipal Airport

Brown Field Municipal Airport
IATA: SDM ICAO: KSDM FAA LID: SDM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	City of San Diego
Serves	San Diego, California
Elevation AMSL	526 ft / 160 m
Coordinates	32°34′20″N 116°58′49″W / 32.57222°N 116.98028°W / 32.57222; -116.98028
Website	www.sandiego.gov
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08L/26R 7,972 2,430 Asphalt/concrete 08R/26L 3,180 969 Asphalt

Brown Field Municipal Airport (IATA: SDM, ICAO: KSDM, FAA LID: SDM) is in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States, 13 miles (21 km) southeast of downtown San Diego and named in honor of Commander Melville S. Brown, USN, who was killed in an airplane crash in 1936. Its main runway is 7,972 feet (2,430 m) long. Its FAA/IATA airport code is SDM. Formerly Naval Auxiliary Air Station Brown Field, it is now a civilian reliever airport and a port of entry from Mexico. It is sometimes staffed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, but only upon request of incoming pilots to the Federal Aviation Administration. The development plans for the SDM airport have been announced on 4th Oct 2022, the development will occur in phases over 20 years. The plans include a new FBO terminal building and individual airplane hangars. There is also talk of adding a million square feet of retail and industrial buildings and possibly a hotel.^[1]