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KMYF · Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport

ICAO · US · 84 NTSB events

ID KMYF FAA MYF Elev 427 ft Lat 32° 48.94' N Lon 117° 8.40' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

fetching…

Wind / Visibility

—

Density altitude (now)

—

Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

6 runway ends on file. Longest: 4,598 ft. Max gradient: 0.28%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
10L 115° 4,598 ft 150 ft ASP Yes —
28R 295° 4,598 ft 150 ft ASP Yes —
10R 115° 3,401 ft 60 ft ASP Yes —
28L 295° 3,401 ft 60 ft ASP Yes —
05 065° 3,400 ft 75 ft ASP No 0.28%
23 245° 3,400 ft 75 ft ASP No 0.28%

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).

Communications · 9 frequencies

  • ATIS ATIS 126.900
  • CLD CLNC DEL 123.725
  • GND GND 118.220
  • TWR TWR 119.200
  • CTAF CTAF 119.200
  • APP SOCAL APP 124.350
  • DEP SOCAL DEP 119.600
  • RDO SAN DIEGO RDO 122.200
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

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Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 6 matched · 32 not yet translated

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

TL;DR

  • ·Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 10L–28R: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.
  • ·Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 10R–28L: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.
  • ·Runway 05 threshold displaced 390 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

Watch for

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 10L–28R: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    right traffic

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 10R–28L: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    right traffic

  • Runway 05 threshold displaced 390 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

    displaced threshold

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

  • Prior Permission Required for mil and civ hels over 6000 lbs max tkof wt ldg at mid–port;. Contact a before operating.

    ppr required

All translated remarks (6)

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 10L–28R: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    Raw FAA text · preamble · operational

    RWY 10L–28R: H4598X150 (ASPH–RFSC) S–12 PCN 35 F/C/Y/T MIRL…

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 10R–28L: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    Raw FAA text · preamble · operational

    RWY 10R–28L: H3401X60 (ASPH–RFSC) S–12 PCN 43 F/C/Y/T RWY 10…

  • Runway 05 threshold displaced 390 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

    Raw FAA text · preamble · operational

    RWY 05: Thld dsplcd 390´

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    birds on and in the vicinity of arpt.

  • Landing fee in effect. Contact FBO or airport ops for current rates.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Ldg fee

  • Prior Permission Required for mil and civ hels over 6000 lbs max tkof wt ldg at mid–port;. Contact a before operating.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    PPR for mil and civ hels over 6000 lbs max tkof wt ldg at mid–port; ctc a

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (32 sentences)
  • ·S4 FUEL 100LL, JET A, A+, UL94 OX 1, 4 LGT When twr clsd ACTIVATE PAPI Rwy 10L and 28R, MALSR Rwy 28R—CTAF, MIRL Rwy 10L–28R opr continuously.
  • ·For noise abatement regulations ctc the noise abatement office at 858–573–1436.
  • ·Acft with high noise levels are requested to use Rwy 10L–28R.
  • ·Extreme noise sensitive areas west and south of arpt.
  • ·Noise monitoring in effect.
  • ·Maximum noise limit 0730–1430Z‡ 70 DB over residential areas.
  • ·Maximum noise limit 1430–0730Z‡ 88 DB.
  • ·Attended Mon–Sat 1500–0200Z‡.
  • ·Be alert heavy acft activity in the vicinity of Lake Murray and Mt Soledad.
  • ·Operate transponders with altitude reporting mode and ADS–B (if equipped) enabled on all airport surfaces.
  • ·Pilots are urged to be vigilant for other acft in these areas and to ctc the twr early enough for timely tfc advisories if proceeding east bound advise twr of destination arpt.
  • ·Be alert to military jet acft invof arpt and 4.7 NM NW of arpt bearing 312º invof Mission Bay VORTAC.
  • ·Coyote activity on rwys and twys.
  • ·Practice low approaches are prohibited 0730–1430Z‡.
  • ·Simulated engine failures are prohibited over residential areas.
  • ·No jet touch and go opns.
  • ·Dep use Rwy 10L when tower not opr and wind permitting.
  • ·TPA—Rwy 10R–28L, 10L–28R and 05–23—multi–engine/turbo powered 2027(1600); Single eng 1427(1000).
  • ·Rwy 23 used as rwy exit for Rwy 28R.
  • ·No acft over 20,000 lbs on Twy J rstd by FBO.
  • ·Txl E non–std, acft with wingspan greater than 35.5 ft use caution.
  • ·Twy K rstd to wingspan no greater than 58´.
  • ·See Special Notice—Montgomery Gibbs Executive Airport "Soledad" VFR Procedure, See Special Notices—Arrival Alert..
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 858-573-1430
  • ·ASOS 126.9 (858) 576–4337.
  • ·CTAF 119.2 ATIS 126.9 858–277–3075 UNICOM 123.075 RCO 122.2 (SAN DIEGO RADIO) ®SOCAL APP CON 124.35 ®SOCAL DEP CON 119.6 TOWER 119.2 (All rwys, except Rwy 28R btw 1800–0200Z‡) 125.7 (Rwy 28R btw 1800–0200Z‡) GND CON 118.225 CLNC DEL 123.725 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD when ATCT clsd ctc SoCal Apch at 800-448-3724.
  • ·CLASS D svc 1400–0500Z‡; other times CLASS G.
  • ·CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE LOS ANGELES L–4H IAP, AD SW, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026 CALIFORNIA 269 CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAGE VOR TEST FACILITY (VOT) 109.0
  • ·MISSION BAY (VH) (H) VORTACW 117.8 MZB Chan 125 N32º46.93´ W117º13.53´ 050º 4.8 NM to fld. 10/15E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 026º–088º byd 40 NM 090º–100º byd 28 NM 100º–130º byd 17 NM 130º–190º byd 14 NM 190º–219º byd 20 NM 215º–241º byd 40 NM 242º–252º byd 40 NM blo 8,000´ 242º–252º byd 55 NM blo 18,000´ 253º–288º byd 40 NM 265º–307º byd 19 NM blo 8,000´ 289º–299º byd 40 NM blo 4,500´ 289º–299º byd 49 NM 300º–333º byd 40 NM 308º–350º byd 20 NM blo 8,000´ 347º–351º byd 40 NM 352º–002º byd 40 NM blo 7,000´ 352º–002º byd 52 NM TACAN AZIMUTH unusable: 265º–309º byd 19 NM blo 8,000´ 310º–350º byd 15 NM blo 6,000´ 310º–350º byd 30 NM blo 10,000´ DME unusable: 265º–309º byd 19 NM blo 8,000´ 310º–350º byd 20 NM blo 6,000´ 310º–350º byd 30 NM blo 10,000´ ILS/DME 111.95 I–MYF Chan 56(Y) Rwy 28R.

+ 2 more sentences · see Chart Supplement page below for the full text

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

Montgomery Field

Source: OurAirports community

NTSB events

84 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport — showing the 58 most recent.

Total events

86

since 1982

Fatal

15

17.4% of total

Last 5 years

12

≈ 2.4/yr

Last 10 years

27

≈ 2.7/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 374,088 ops in 2024

2024 total

374,088

10-yr total

2,641,180

2024 mix

AC/AT 2% · GA 98% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

10.2

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

1.78

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=25

  • Other 8
  • Engine failure / power loss 7
  • Loss of control 3
  • Gear-up landing 2
  • Ground collision 2
  • Weather · spatial dis / IMC 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1

All time · n=84

  • Other 20
  • Ground collision 11
  • Loss of control 9
  • Stall / spin 9
  • Engine failure / power loss 9
  • Gear-up landing 6
  • Runway excursion 5
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 5

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2021-10-11 Cessna 340A · Weather IMC · day →
2018-12-30 Piper PA46 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2009-08-30 Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2008-06-24 Cessna 172M · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2006-05-08 McKenzie Lancair IV-P Turbine · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
2003-12-04 Cessna 525 · Loss of control · IMC · night →
2003-10-19 Cessna 170 · Runway excursion · dusk →
1999-04-15 Beech 36 · Under/overshoot · night →
2025-08-12 Cessna TR182 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2025-05-22 Cessna S550 · Other · IMC · night →
2025-05-03 CUB CRAFTERS INC CC19-180 · Loss of control · day →
2024-07-02 Cessna 172N · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2024-06-01 Beech 35-C33A · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2023-11-15 Cessna P210N · Fuel exhaustion · night →
2023-01-15 Piper PA-28-180 · Other · day →
2022-11-05 CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20 · CFIT · VMC · day →
2022-07-27 Piper PA-28-181 · Other · VMC · day →
2021-08-24 Piper PA-32-300 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2021-02-13 Dassault Falcon900EX · Ground collision · day →
2020-12-13 Cessna 172 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2020-09-24 Great Lakes 2T1A · Engine failure · day →
2020-07-02 Cessna A185 · Other · VMC · day →
2019-11-25 Aeronca 11AC · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2019-07-14 Piper J3C · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2019-03-14 Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 · Other · VMC · day →
2018-06-03 Cessna,Great Lakes 172,2T1A · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2018-02-21 CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T · Engine failure · dawn →
2017-12-09 Beech A36 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2017-11-20 Cessna 172N · Other · VMC · day →
2017-07-16 SPANI WAYNE M,Cessna STARDUSTER TOO SA300,172 · Other · VMC · day →
2016-11-22 Curtiss Wright,Piper Travel Air 4000,PA28 · Other · VMC · day →
2016-08-09 AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT CO AL3 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2016-07-08 Cessna 172 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2014-11-14 Champion 7ECA · Loss of control · day →
2014-07-30 Mooney M20L - NO SERIES · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2013-06-23 Cessna,Cessna 182T,172S · Ground collision · night →
2011-10-13 Great Lakes 2T-1A · Other · VMC · day →
2011-08-14 Cessna 172P · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2009-10-07 Cessna 172N · Other · VMC · day →
2008-03-28 Beech F33A · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2007-08-11 Cirrus Design Corp. SR22 · Other · day →
2007-07-13 Piper PA-28-181 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2007-01-11 Cessna TR182 · Stall / spin · day →
2006-11-19 Cessna 172RG · Gear-up · VMC · night →
2006-10-13 Finney Thorp T-18 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2006-03-27 Claypool RV-6A · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2004-11-13 Great Lakes 2T-1A · Other · VMC · day →
2004-07-23 Cessna 172RG · Loss of control · VMC · dusk →
2004-01-22 Beech B36TC · Runway excursion · day →
2004-01-11 Cessna 152 · Ground collision · day →
2003-12-09 Beech 58P · Ground collision · day →
2003-10-26 Mooney M20K · Stall / spin · IMC · day →
2003-10-25 Piper,Cessna PA 28-161,172R · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2002-03-03 Piper PA-28-140 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2002-02-09 Great Lakes 2T-1A-1 · Weather · VMC · day →
2001-12-19 Cessna T210N · Under/overshoot · IMC · night →
2001-02-15 Cessna 172N · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
2001-02-08 Piper PA-28-181 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · night-moonlit →

+ 26 more on file

NASA ASRS reports · 1 de-identified report in the public ASRS Database Report Sets

Voluntary first-person accounts; they represent the reporter's perspective and cannot infer prevalence.

DPEs nearby

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

Designee City ST Distance
Brunno Winnubst San Diego CA 0 nm
Clayton Lang San Diego CA 0 nm
David William Leonard San Diego CA 0 nm
Gregory Michael Madariaga San Diego CA 0 nm
John Warren Hardy San Diego CA 0 nm
Mary Adene Schu San Diego CA 0 nm
Ronald Ray Greathouse San Diego CA 0 nm
Scott Meade Worthington San Diego CA 0 nm
Alejandro Silva El Cajon CA 9 nm
Barry Brocato El Cajon CA 9 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
Jack Bradley Alberts San Diego CA 0 nm
Robert Llewellyn Ambler San Diego CA 0 nm
Van Thanh Bui San Diego CA 0 nm
Loretta Marie Evans San Diego CA 0 nm
Robert Joseph Casey San Diego CA 0 nm
Hubert Harold Chappell San Diego CA 0 nm
Stephen Glenn Daly San Diego CA 0 nm
Michael Cameron Davitt San Diego CA 0 nm
John Andrew Fenoglio San Diego CA 0 nm
Jean Christopher Fortanas San Diego CA 0 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
Frank Henry Allen Iii San Diego CA 0 nm
Robert Llewellyn Ambler San Diego CA 0 nm
Lawrence Elwood Bell San Diego CA 0 nm
Bennie Ernest Conatser San Diego CA 0 nm
Michael Cameron Davitt San Diego CA 0 nm
David Michael Eddo San Diego CA 0 nm
Jerry William Furnas San Diego CA 0 nm
Thomas Gene Geantil San Diego CA 0 nm
Bruce Kevin Gray San Diego CA 0 nm
John Warren Hardy Iii San Diego CA 0 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
0 nm
Southern Cal Aircraft Repair
El Cajon, CA
9 nm
Ramona Avionics, Inc.
Ramona, CA
18 nm
Avionics, Instruments, Electronics (AIE Inc)
Murrieta, CA
46 nm
American Aircraft Maintenance, Inc.
Santa Ana, CA
63 nm
West Coast Aircraft Maintenance
Santa Ana, CA
63 nm
ACI Jet AOG
Santa Ana, CA
63 nm
Leading Edge Avionics, Inc
Santa Ana, CA
63 nm
CheckSix AeroSolutions
Palm Springs, CA
68 nm
Corona Air Paint
Corona, CA
69 nm

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