The county Board of Supervisors Wednesday approved a lease that will let United Airlines operate flights out of McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad beginning in March 2026.

On a 4-1 vote, supervisors approved the three-year lease, which also features two options for a one-year extension and a partial, first-year fee waiver of $517,600, according to information on the supervisors' agenda.

United Airlines would fly a 70-seat, Embraer 175 plane twice a day to Denver and San Francisco International airports. The first flight would depart at 7:30 a.m., while the last flight would arrive at 9:50 p.m.

Jamie Abbott, county airports director, said McClellan Palomar Airport has a long history of commercial service. He said United Express previously operated there until 2015.

Opened in 1959, Mc

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