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CA84 · Torrey Pines Gliderport

ICAO · US · 3 NTSB events

ID CA84 Elev 372 ft Lat 32° 53.38' N Lon 117° 14.82' W Zulu …

Live conditions

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 1,500 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
09 — 1,500 ft 30 ft Asphalt No —
27 — 1,500 ft 30 ft Asphalt No —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 6 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (6 sentences)
  • ·GLIDER PORT IS LEASED FM CITY TO THE ASSOCD GLIDER CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIF FOR STUDENT TRAINING & RIDGE SOARING.
  • ·ALL ACFT ARE TRAILERED GLIDERS.
  • ·ROLLING RWY .6 PERCENT GRADIENT.
  • ·EXTENSIVE HANG GLIDER OPERATIONS ON WEEKENDS AND WEEKDAYS.
  • ·FOR CD CTC LOS ANGELES ARTCC AT 661-575-2079.
  • ·WORK PHONE 619-535-9505 EXT 1585 ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO 1959

Field profile

Wikipedia

Full article ↗

Torrey Pines Gliderport is a city-owned private-use glider airport in the La Jolla community of San Diego, California, United States, 11 nautical miles (20 km) northwest of downtown San Diego.

Use

Private

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

3 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

5

since 1982

Fatal

1

20.0% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

0

no recent events

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=3

  • Stall / spin 2
  • Hard landing 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2003-03-16 Schleicher ASW-20 · Stall / spin · day →
2003-03-16 Schweizer SGS 1-34 · Hard landing · day →
1983-04-10 ROLLADEN-SCHNEIDER LS-4 · Stall / spin · day →

Designees in CA

CFI Flight Instructors 5,776 A&P Mechanics 22,561 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 139 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 25 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 17 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 20 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 45 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 66 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 126 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 38 ODA Organizational Designations 11 Schools Flight Schools 243 FBO Fixed Base Operators 209 Clubs Flying Clubs 82 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 56 EAA EAA Chapters 63

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Brunno Winnubst San Diego CA 7 nm
Clayton Lang San Diego CA 7 nm
David William Leonard San Diego CA 7 nm
Gregory Michael Madariaga San Diego CA 7 nm
John Warren Hardy San Diego CA 7 nm
Mary Adene Schu San Diego CA 7 nm
Ronald Ray Greathouse San Diego CA 7 nm
Scott Meade Worthington San Diego CA 7 nm
Jay Eugene Brentzel Carlsbad CA 15 nm
Quinton James Smith Carlsbad CA 15 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Gene Hamilton Carswell La Jolla CA 1 nm
Charles Marcus Gunderson La Jolla CA 1 nm
Robert Seth Howard La Jolla CA 1 nm
Robert Steven Mawhinney La Jolla CA 1 nm
Alexander Mohammad Norbash La Jolla CA 1 nm
Bengt Erik Arne Samuelsson La Jolla CA 1 nm
Sarah Michelle Cunningham La Jolla CA 1 nm
John Vincent Coleman La Jolla CA 1 nm
Douglas Lee Michael Burdick La Jolla CA 1 nm
John Thomas Silvestro La Jolla CA 1 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Charles Marcus Gunderson La Jolla CA 1 nm
Robert Steven Mawhinney La Jolla CA 1 nm
Arthur Garfield Brooks La Jolla CA 1 nm
David Kevin Gebhart La Jolla CA 1 nm
Barry Richard Wolter La Jolla CA 1 nm
Frank Charles Hope La Jolla CA 1 nm
Frederick Lee Alonzo Jr La Jolla CA 1 nm
Michael Winslow Hartigan La Jolla CA 1 nm
Juan Pablo Castro La Jolla CA 1 nm
Adam Shandor King La Jolla CA 1 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Aircraft Service Center
San Diego, CA
 7 nm
Southern Cal Aircraft Repair
El Cajon, CA
 15 nm
Ramona Avionics, Inc.
Ramona, CA
 19 nm
Avionics, Instruments, Electronics (AIE Inc)
Murrieta, CA
 42 nm
American Aircraft Maintenance, Inc.
Santa Ana, CA
 56 nm
West Coast Aircraft Maintenance
Santa Ana, CA
 56 nm
ACI Jet AOG
Santa Ana, CA
 57 nm
Leading Edge Avionics, Inc
Santa Ana, CA
 57 nm
Corona Air Paint
Corona, CA
 63 nm
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
Riverside, CA
 66 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.