Airports · McClellan-Palomar Airport
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 dataWhat 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.
718 departures · 45,365 passengers
83.2%
Load
630 departures · 13,616 passengers
72.2%
Load
396 departures · 8,249 passengers
69.4%
Load
282 departures · 5,382 passengers
63.6%
Load
98 departures · 1,691 passengers
59.2%
Load
90 departures · 1,309 passengers
48.5%
Load
65 departures · 2,022 passengers
44.1%
Load
63 departures · 1,611 passengers
36.2%
Load
44 departures · 875 passengers
66.3%
Load
41 departures · 639 passengers
51.9%
Load
11 departures · 137 passengers
51.7%
Load
5 departures · 36 passengers
34.6%
Load
3 departures · 24 passengers
55.8%
Load
3 departures · 56 passengers
83.6%
Load
2 departures · 9 passengers
28.1%
Load
Airlines at Carlsbad
Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Carlsbad.
- MQ
54,633 seats · 83.2% load
48.8%
Share
- XE
JSX
44,400 seats · 67.7% load
39.7%
Share
- OO
9,172 seats · 39.6% load
8.2%
Share
- AN
ADVANCED AIR
3,427 seats · 58.6% load
3.1%
Share
- 3EQ
153 seats · 53.6% load
0.1%
Share
- 27Q
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
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.