The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (Authority) is committed to protecting the safety and welfare of the general public and the ability of airports to operate now and in the future. One of the Authority's responsibilities is to serve as the Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) for San Diego County.

The ALUC is responsible for adopting Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans (ALUCPs) for sixteen public-use and military airports in San Diego County. ALUCPs provide guidance on appropriate land uses surrounding airports to protect the health and safety of people and property within the vicinity of an airport, as well as the public in general.

An ALUCP focuses on a defined area around each airport known as the Airport Influence Area (AIA). The AIA is comprised of noise, safety, airspace protection and overflight factors, in accordance with guidance from the California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook published by the California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics.

The ALUC has no jurisdiction over the operation of airports or over existing land uses, regardless of whether or not such uses are incompatible with airport activities. Once ALUCPs have been adopted by the ALUC, local agencies with land located within the AIA boundary for any of the airports must, by law, amend their planning documents to conform to the applicable ALUCP.

However, if a local agency makes special findings in accordance with state law, it can override the ALUCPs with a two-thirds vote.

By providing direction to local agencies in their land use decisions, ALUCPs help maintain the nation’s air transportation infrastructure by protecting airports from encroachment by incompatible land uses that could restrict their operations. Protecting airport operations is also a benefit to the local economy and will preserve jobs and industry that are supported, directly and indirectly, by airport operations.

The process for developing and adopting an ALUCP involves a number of steps. Public input is an important part of the process, and is sought at key milestones along the way.

The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority has developed an ALUCP Mapping Tool to assist local agencies and project applicants with assessing how the adopted Airport Land use Compatibility Plans (ALUCPs) affect properties in the vicinity of airports in San Diego County. The Authority has updated the tool to make use of newer technologies. The use of the web-application is covered by certain specific terms of use. For the full copy of the End-User License Agreement (EULA), click here.

The new Tool can be accessed here.

GIS Data

In addition, the digital boundary files and layers that the Tool is based on can be downloaded at no cost. The files have been organized by airport categories below.

The GIS shapefiles (.shp) available for download on this page can be opened using ESRI ArcGIS. You can also use ESRI ArcGIS to convert these GIS files to AutoCAD files (.dwg). 

If you don’t have ESRI ArcGIS but have AutoCAD, you can contact ALUC staff at ALUCapp@san.org to request AutoCAD files.

** Fallbrook- Please contact Planning staff at 619-400-2464.

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SDCRAA
Attn: Airport Planning
PO Box 82776
San Diego, CA 92138-2776
619-400-2464
alucpcomments@san.org

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