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Flights from Carlsbad (CLD)

Airlines flew 2,481 departures out of McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD) carrying 81,239 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.

What flies from Carlsbad

US DOT T-100 · filed data

What airlines actually flew out of Carlsbad — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.

Departures

2,481

April 2026

Seats flown

111,904

Passengers

81,239

Load factor

72.6%

passengers ÷ seats

Busiest routes from Carlsbad

Where flights from Carlsbad go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.

  • CLDPHX

    718 departures · 45,365 passengers

    83.2%

    Load

  • CLDLAS

    630 departures · 13,616 passengers

    72.2%

    Load

  • CLDSCF

    396 departures · 8,249 passengers

    69.4%

    Load

  • CLDOAK

    282 departures · 5,382 passengers

    63.6%

    Load

  • CLDMMH

    98 departures · 1,691 passengers

    59.2%

    Load

  • CLDTSM

    90 departures · 1,309 passengers

    48.5%

    Load

  • CLDDEN

    65 departures · 2,022 passengers

    44.1%

    Load

  • CLDSFO

    63 departures · 1,611 passengers

    36.2%

    Load

  • CLDRNO

    44 departures · 875 passengers

    66.3%

    Load

  • CLDMRY

    41 departures · 639 passengers

    51.9%

    Load

  • CLDBIH

    11 departures · 137 passengers

    51.7%

    Load

  • CLDHHR

    5 departures · 36 passengers

    34.6%

    Load

  • CLDSBA

    3 departures · 24 passengers

    55.8%

    Load

  • CLDJAC

    3 departures · 56 passengers

    83.6%

    Load

  • CLDMDW

    2 departures · 9 passengers

    28.1%

    Load

Airlines at Carlsbad

Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Carlsbad.

  • MQ

    Envoy Air

    54,633 seats · 83.2% load

    48.8%

    Share

  • XE

    JSX

    44,400 seats · 67.7% load

    39.7%

    Share

  • OO

    SkyWest Airlines

    9,172 seats · 39.6% load

    8.2%

    Share

  • AN

    ADVANCED AIR

    3,427 seats · 58.6% load

    3.1%

    Share

  • 3EQ

    Silver Air

    153 seats · 53.6% load

    0.1%

    Share

  • 27Q

    Jet Aviation Flight Services

    78 seats · 34.6% load

    0.1%

    Share

  • VJT

    VistaJet

    28 seats · 32.1% load

    0.0%

    Share

  • 36Q

    Air Hamburg Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH

    13 seats · 53.8% load

    0.0%

    Share

Aircraft flown from Carlsbad

Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.

  • Embraer ERJ-135

    1,480 departures · 67.7% load

    59.7%

    Share

  • Embraer E175

    848 departures · 76.9% load

    34.2%

    Share

  • Dornier 328

    110 departures · 58.8% load

    4.4%

    Share

  • Beechcraft Super King Air

    8 departures · 59.7% load

    0.3%

    Share

  • Cessna Citationjet

    8 departures · 32.7% load

    0.3%

    Share

  • Bomardier Challenger 350

    4 departures · 50.0% load

    0.2%

    Share

  • Embraer Legacy 600

    4 departures · 39.1% load

    0.2%

    Share

  • Hawker Siddeley 125

    3 departures · 75.0% load

    0.1%

    Share

  • Pilatus PC-12

    2 departures · 37.5% load

    0.1%

    Share

  • Bombardier BD-100-1A10 Challenger 300

    2 departures · 38.9% load

    0.1%

    Share

  • Bombardier Global 6000

    2 departures · 32.1% load

    0.1%

    Share

  • Embraer Legacy 650

    2 departures · 53.8% load

    0.1%

    Share

Monthly departures from Carlsbad

Monthly departures from Carlsbad, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.

  • May 2025

    172 departures · 5,513 passengers

    69.2%

    Load

  • June 2025

    193 departures · 6,001 passengers

    71.1%

    Load

  • July 2025

    226 departures · 7,088 passengers

    74.4%

    Load

  • August 2025

    231 departures · 6,744 passengers

    70.5%

    Load

  • September 2025

    187 departures · 6,026 passengers

    73.1%

    Load

  • October 2025

    191 departures · 6,276 passengers

    73.5%

    Load

  • November 2025

    189 departures · 6,459 passengers

    78.0%

    Load

  • December 2025

    199 departures · 6,717 passengers

    78.2%

    Load

  • January 2026

    205 departures · 6,862 passengers

    76.4%

    Load

  • February 2026

    178 departures · 5,958 passengers

    78.0%

    Load

  • March 2026

    212 departures · 7,621 passengers

    79.4%

    Load

  • April 2026

    298 departures · 9,974 passengers

    60.3%

    Load

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.