The airport was the basis of part of the name of the TV production company Lorimar Television. The airport is named for Gerald McClellan, an aviator and civic leader in San Diego's North County area. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but McClellan–Palomar Airport is CRQ to the FAA and CLD to the IATA.
As of March 2013, the airport was the fourth-busiest single runway airport in the United States. The airport is used for both general aviation and commercial aviation. McClellan–Palomar Airport (Palomar Airport) ( IATA: CLD, ICAO: KCRQ, FAA LID: CRQ) is a public airport three miles (5 km) southeast of Carlsbad in San Diego County, California.
