Cell towers in Costa Mesa, California
The FCC register lists 30 antenna structures in and around Costa Mesa. That is the 38th highest count of any place in California.
Overview
The FCC register lists 30 antenna structures in and around Costa Mesa, CA. That is the 38th highest count of any place in California.
Counted against 108,881 residents, that is 27.6 per 100,000 — worth reading alongside area density, since structures cluster along roads and ridgelines rather than where people sleep.
The median registered structure here stands 20 m (64 ft); the tallest reaches 44 m (144 ft).
The largest registered owner here is Los Angeles Smsa Limited Partnership, which holds 6 of them — 20.0% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2022.
Structure types
| Pole | 13 | 43% |
| Tower | 7 | 23% |
| Monopole | 6 | 20% |
| Building with antenna | 2 | 7% |
| Not specified | 1 | 3% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 3% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Los Angeles Smsa Limited Partnership Carrier | 6 | 20% |
| Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC Tower company | 5 | 17% |
| Ccatt LLC Tower company | 4 | 13% |
| T-mobile West LLC Carrier | 3 | 10% |
| T-mobile West Tower LLC Carrier | 2 | 7% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 30| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 m (144 ft) | Lattice tower | 1984 | Eip Holdings II, LLC | 115684 |
| 38 m (126 ft) | Pole | 1996 | Los Angeles Smsa Limited Partnership | 2612609 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Pole | 1982 | Costa Mesa, City Of | 118827 |
| 27 m (90 ft) | Building with antenna | 2022 | T-mobile West LLC | 2721430 |
| 24 m (80 ft) | Pole | 2005 | Coast Community College District | 2646452 |
| 24 m (79 ft) | Monopole | 2019 | T-mobile West LLC | 2711196 |
| 24 m (77 ft) | Monopole | 2005 | Ccatt LLC | 2680761 |
| 23 m (76 ft) | Pole | 1991 | Los Angeles Smsa Limited Partnership | 115292 |
| 23 m (75 ft) | Pole | 2011 | T-mobile West Tower LLC | 2672800 |
| 22 m (73 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2669719 |
| 21 m (70 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2672223 |
| 21 m (68 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2669211 |
| 20 m (67 ft) | Building with antenna | 2019 | T-mobile West LLC | 2710360 |
| 20 m (65 ft) | Monopole | 2012 | Octagon Towers, LLC | 2681576 |
| 20 m (64 ft) | Tower | 2008 | Horvath Towers, LLC | 2668242 |
| 20 m (64 ft) | Pole | 1994 | Ccatt LLC | 2681859 |
| 19 m (61 ft) | Pole | 1996 | Cctm1 LLC | 100568 |
| 19 m (61 ft) | Monopole | 1996 | Ccatt LLC | 98012 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Pole | 2000 | T-mobile West Tower LLC | 2609649 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Los Angeles Smsa Limited Partnership | 2694562 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2637074 |
| 18 m (58 ft) | Pole | 2001 | Los Angeles Smsa Limited Partnership | 2618410 |
| 17 m (55 ft) | Not specified | 2011 | Los Angeles Smsa Limited Partnership | 2676920 |
| 17 m (54 ft) | Pole | 1990 | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, LLC | 2682679 |
| 16 m (53 ft) | Pole | 2006 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 2652636 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 2 | 7% |
| 1990s | 10 | 33% |
| 2000s | 9 | 30% |
| 2010s | 8 | 27% |
| 2020s | 1 | 3% |
Nearby places
- Newport Beach 9
- Santa Ana 30
- Huntington Beach 14
- Tustin 15
- Irvine 50
About this data
Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.