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San Luis Obispo, CA
San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport – SBP
The San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, also known as McChesney Field, is a civil airport in the U.S. State of California. The airport is located near San Luis Obispo City, California. The airport, whose airport code is SBP, was established and used as a U.S. military airfield from 1939 to 1945 and was turned back to San Luis Obispo County. It was only in 1946 when the airport was first used for public and commercial use. As of this time the airport was served by four airlines with 9 destinations; Seattle, Phoenix, Dallas/Fort Worth, San Diego, Denver, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Portland, and SanFrancisco.
Best Time to Visit
SBP-San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport was opened in 1939 to be used for Chicago and Southern Airline as leased property from the county. Its operation was halted when the U.S. government took over the airport for U.S. Army Air Corps and California National Guard base. In 1946, the federal government turned over the airport to the county. It immediately started operating that year as a passenger airport. Since then airlines come and go serving in the airport. This year, two airlines had just added operating in the airport and another one announced flights to start in 2020. You can easily access and explore Carpinteria and Buelton, which are the cities close to the airport upon arrival.
What to Do & Area Attractions
Many hotels can be found near the airport, but the Garden Street Inn, the chic Embassy Suites by Hilton San Luis Obispo, and the Quality Suites Downtown San Luis Obispo are the top-rated among them all.
On this page it is easy to search for San Luis Obispo, CA airport hotels, we have listed hotels, airport motels, resorts, inns in order of proximity, closest airport lodging options are listed first. San Luis Obispo, CA, United States (SBP-San Luis Obispo County Regional) airport area map also gives you guidance on the distance of these hotels from the SBP airport. Most of these SBP hotels are designed to serve frequent travelers. If you are on business trip or family vacation or if your flight is delayed and you need an overnight stay near the airport. Some of these San Luis Obispo, CA motels have passenger pick up or free airport shuttle service which you can take advantage of. Some of the main attractions in the area around the SBP airport are Lompoc Civic Auditorium, Antioch University, and Lobero Theater.
