Ocotillo Airport (L90) is located in Ocotillo Wells, San Diego County, California.It features two runways with dirt surfaces. The first runway, 13/31, measures 4.210 by 150 feet (1,283 x 46 m), while the second runway 9/27 is 2,330 by 150 feet (710 x 46 m). on’t expect taxi sign, runway lights and even edge marking. The airport is surrounded by hills, adding a unique challenge for pilots. The airport sees an average of 60 aircraft operations per month, primarily transient general aviation and even some military. You can meet Osprey blowing sand here! Free to download at San Diego Ocotillo Wells Airport (L90) for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS
Historically, during World War II, the airport was used by the US Navy and was known as Naval Outlying Field, Ocotillo Dry Lake1. It served as a training base and supported various operations. The airport was returned to the county in 1956.
This airport, with its dirt runways and surrounding hills, offers a unique flying experience that blends history and challenge. It’s the latest of the 8 aviation facilities owned by the County of San Diego included in the collection San Diego General Aviation enhancement for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS
It didn’t take time to build hangars and airport’s buildings. There’s none 
And the two runways lied on a dry lake. The surface is soft or sandy depending of the condition. It’s hard to identify the runway from the ground.
Feature
- Add the* wall of sand all around the field
- Add the correct Windsock and its circle
- Add the Veterans Memorial (hill)
- Add handmade signs (warning, danger…) all around the field
- Add white paving at all runway intersections and thresholds
- Add one (fictious) helipad start position close to the “apron”
- Add ATV and 4x4 vehicles to illustrate the Ocotillo Wells State Vehicle Recreational Park
- Improve objects in the vicinity of the circuit pattern (for example the Holmes Camp)
More info for pilots
- AirNav: AirNav: L90 - Ocotillo Airport
- Skyvector: SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts
Requirement
- Sedona scenery (free included in standard MSFS)
- World Update USA II and X
- World Update Canada
- No extra library required
I guess that once Ocotillo gets released, I will have finished the whole coverage of *General Aviation airports of San Diego (with the help 2 commercial products : KSAN from LatinVFR or BMW/AMSim and KCRQ by Dreamflight or StudioSim) and my freeware : Agua Caliente (L54), Borrego Valley (L08), Fallbrook Airpark (L18), Gillespie (KSEE), Jacumba (L78), Palomar (KCRQ), Ocotillo (L90) and Ramona (KRNM).
This scenery is a freeware for PC (free to download here) and is part of the San Diego GA collection: San Diego General Aviation enhancement for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS