California | Business Air News

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Business aviation in California

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
169

Based business aircraft available for charter:
1,054

Business air charter brokers:
91

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Bell 407	108
2	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	56
3	Bell 206L LongRanger	55
4	Gulfstream GIV	50
5	Pilatus PC-12	50
6	Global 6000/Express/XRS	34
7	Challenger 300	34
8	Beechcraft King Air 300	33
9	Gulfstream G500/G550	32
10	Gulfstream G650	27
11	Cessna Citation CJ3	27
12	Airbus Helicopters H130	25
13	Airbus Helicopters H135	20
14	Cessna Caravan	18
15	Beechcraft King Air 90	18
16	Citation 560XL	18
17	Hawker 750/800/900	17
18	Beechcraft King Air 200	17
19	Citation X	16
20	Bell 212	15
21	Challenger 604	14
22	Gulfstream GV	14
23	Bell 206B JetRanger	13
24	Embraer Phenom 100	13
25	Gulfstream G400/G450	13
26	Citation 560	13
27	Global 7500	11
28	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	11
29	Embraer Phenom 300	10
30	MDH 500	10
31	Challenger 601	9
32	Challenger 605	9
33	Falcon 900	9
34	Bell 204/205	9
35	Gulfstream G500/G600	9
36	Beechjet 400	8
37	Sikorsky S-76	7
38	Citation 550/551	7
39	Falcon 2000 EASy	7
40	Cessna Citation CJ2	7
41	Citation Sovereign	6
42	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	6
43	Learjet 60	6
44	Bell 429	6
45	Partenavia P.68	6
46	Citation M2	6
47	Embraer ERJ-135	5
48	Pilatus PC-24	5
49	Twin Commander	5
50	Airbus Helicopters H145	5
51	Agusta A109	5
52	Learjet 40	5
53	Robinson R66	5
54	Falcon 7X	5
55	Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin	5
56	Cessna 400 series	5
57	Gulfstream G280	4
58	Cessna 300 series	4
59	Global 5000	4
60	Eurocopter BK117	4
61	Beechcraft Twin Piston	4
62	Falcon 2000	4
63	Gulfstream G700	3
64	Citation Latitude	3
65	Beechcraft 1900	3
66	Falcon 900EASy	3
67	Nextant 400XT	3
68	Embraer Legacy 600/650	3
69	Gulfstream G300/G350	3
70	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	3
71	Embraer Legacy 500	2
72	Commander 500/680	2
73	TBM700/850/900	2
74	Bell 505 Jet Ranger X	2
75	Hawker 1000	2
76	Boeing B-737	2
77	Dornier Do328	2
78	Citation Mustang	2
79	Learjet 35/36	2
80	125-700	2
81	Learjet 31	2
82	Bell 412	2
83	Airbus Helicopters H120	1
84	Bell 430	1
85	AgustaWestland AW139	1
86	P180 Avanti	1
87	MDH 600	1
88	Saab SF340	1
89	Beechcraft 99	1
90	Agusta A119	1
91	Piper PA-46 Meridian/M-Class	1
92	Cessna 441	1
93	Cirrus Vision Jet	1
94	Embraer Lineage 1000	1
95	Embraer Praetor 600	1
96	Citation 500/501	1
97	Falcon 50	1
98	Learjet 24/25	1
99	Cessna Citation CJ4	1
100	HondaJet	1
101	Boeing BBJ1	1
102	Partenavia AP.68TP	1
103	Daher Kodiak	1
104	Beechcraft Premier	1
105	Learjet 45	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Van Nuys	77 business aviation companies active
2	Santa Ana (John Wayne)	42
3	Carlsbad (McClellan-Palomar)	30
4	Long Beach (Daugherty Field)	29
5	San Jose International	26
6	Oakland (San Francisco Bay)	26
7	Hayward Executive	23
8	Camarillo	22
9	Los Angeles International	22
10	Burbank (Bob Hope)	22
11	Chino	19
12	San Diego (Gillespie Field)	17
13	San Francisco International	16
14	Napa (Napa County)	15
15	Ontario (LA/Ontario)	15
16	San Diego (Montgomery-Gibbs Executive)	14
17	Santa Rosa (Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County)	14
18	Concord (Buchanan Field)	14
19	Sacramento (Mather)	13
20	Santa Barbara	13
21	San Diego International	13
22	Palm Springs International	13
23	San Bernardino International	12
24	Livermore	12
25	Sacramento Executive	12
26	Monterey Regional	12
27	Palo Alto	11
28	Sacramento (McClellan)	11
29	Redding Municipal	10
30	Hawthorne (Jack Northrop Field)	10
31	Torrance (Zamperini Field)	10
32	Santa Monica	10
33	Bakersfield (Meadows Field)	10
34	Sacramento International	10
35	Mountain View (Moffett Federal)	9
36	Fresno (Chandler Executive)	9
37	Palm Springs (Jacqueline Cochran)	9
38	Fresno Yosemite	9
39	Oxnard	8
40	Watsonville Municipal	7
41	Palm Springs (Bermuda Dunes)	7
42	San Jose (Reid-Hillview)	7
43	La Verne (Brackett Field)	7
44	Los Angeles (Whiteman)	6
45	San Carlos	6
46	Fullerton Municipal	6
47	San Luis Obispo (San Luis County Regional)	6
48	Stockton Metropolitan	6
49	Modesto City County	6
50	San Diego (Brown Field)	6
51	Visalia Municipal	5
52	Half Moon Bay	5
53	Upland (Cable)	5
54	Truckee (Truckee-Tahoe)	5
55	Victorville (S. California Logistics)	5
56	Santa Maria (Allan Hancock Field)	5
57	Riverside Municipal	5
58	Salinas Municipal	4
59	Redlands Municipal	4
60	Red Bluff Municipal	4
61	Petaluma Municipal	4
62	Columbia	4
63	Mammoth Lakes (Mammoth Yosemite)	4
64	Merced Regional Macready Field	4
65	Grass Valley (Nevada County Air Park)	4
66	Davis/Woodland/Winters (Yolo County)	4
67	Chico Municipal	4
68	Crescent City (Jack Mc Namara Field)	4
69	Paso Robles Municipal	4
70	Ramona	4
71	Murrieta/Temecula (French Valley)	4
72	Vacaville (Nut Tree)	3
73	Tulare (Mefford Field)	3
74	Watts Woodland	3
75	Madera Municipal	3
76	Lincoln Regional Karl Harder Field	3
77	Needles	3
78	Compton Woodley	3
79	Bishop (Eastern Sierra Regional)	3
80	Auburn Municipal	3
81	Lodi	3
82	Riverside (March Air Reserve Base)	3
83	El Monte (San Gabriel Valley)	3
84	Dos Palos (Eagle Field)	2
85	Fillmore (RSI Heliport)	2
86	Santa Paula	2
87	San Rafael	2
88	Richvale	2
89	Lancaster (General WM J Fox Airfield)	2
90	Twentynine Palms	2
91	Porterville Municipal	2
92	Oroville Municipal	2
93	Marina Municipal	2
94	Weed	2
95	Chester (Rogers Field)	2
96	Shafter Minter Field	2
97	Atwater (Castle)	2
98	Lompoc	2
99	Little River	2
100	California City Municipal	2
101	Agua Dulce Airpark	2
102	Bakersfield Municipal	2
103	Big Bear City	2
104	Borrego Springs (Borrego Valley)	2
105	Santa Ynez	2
106	Inyokern	2
107	Imperial County	2
108	Hemet-Ryan	2
109	Hanford Municipal	2
110	San Martin	2
111	Novato (Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field)	2
112	Delano Municipal	2
113	Byron	2
114	New Coalinga Municipal	2
115	Banning Municipal	2
116	Blythe	2
117	Avalon (Catalina)	2
118	Apple Valley	2
119	Lakeport (Lampson Field)	2
120	Marysville (Yuba County)	2
121	Mojave	2
122	South Lake Tahoe (Lake Tahoe)	2
123	Calexico International	2
124	Arcata (California Redwood Coast)	2
125	Ione (Eagles Nest/David Wardall Field)	1
126	Stratford (Westlake Farms)	1
127	Pauma Valley	1
128	Lake Elsinore (Skylark)	1
129	Corcoran (Boswell)	1
130	Five Points (Argo-West)	1
131	Healdsburg Municipal	1
132	Bakersfield (Skydive San Joaquin Valley)	1
133	Patterson (Del Mar Farms)	1
134	Hollister Municipal	1
135	Montague (Siskiyou County)	1
136	Riverside/Rubidoux/ Flabob	1
137	Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42	1
138	Oakdale	1
139	San Diego North Island Naval Air Station-Halsey Field	1
140	Chiriaco Summit	1
141	Buttonwillow (Elk Hills-Buttonwillow)	1
142	King City (Mesa Del Rey)	1
143	Groveland (Pine Mountain Lake)	1
144	Huntington Beach Police Department Heliport	0
145	Fort Hunter (Tusi Army Heliport)	0
146	Willows Glenn County	0
147	Lompoc Vandenberg Air Force Base	0
148	Ukiah Municipal	0
149	Tehachapi Municipal	0
150	Tracy Municipal	0
151	Ruth	0
152	Susanville Municipal	0
153	Fairfield Travis Air Force Base	0
154	Los Alamitos Army Air Field	0
155	Rancho Murieta	0
156	Placerville	0
157	Oceanside Municipal	0
158	Fall River Mills	0
159	Rio Vista Municipal	0
160	Trinity Center	0
161	Tulelake Municipal	0
162	Sierraville Dearwater	0
163	Jackson Westover Field Amador County	0
164	Cameron Park Cameron Airpark	0
165	Cloverdale Municipal	0
166	Cedarville	0
167	Bridgeport Bryant Field	0
168	Lonnie Pool Field Weaverville	0
169	Yuba City Sutter County	0
170	Woodlake	0
171	Orland (Haigh Field)	0
172	Reedley Municipal	0
173	Ells Field Willits Municipal	0
174	Lone Pine	0
175	Lee Vining	0
176	Lodi Kingdon Airpark	0
177	Garberville	0
178	Turlock Municipal	0
179	Covelo Round Valley	0
180	Colusa County	0
181	Beckwourth (Nervino)	0
182	Twentynine Palms (Self)	0
183	San Clemente Island Naval Auxiliary Landing Field	0
184	Point Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co)	0
185	San Nicolas Island Nolf	0
186	Naval Outlying Field Imperial Beach (Ream Field)	0
187	Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field)	0
188	San Diego Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field	0
189	El Centro Naf	0
190	China Lake Naws (Armitage Field)	0
191	Oceanside Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field)	0
192	Mariposa Yosemite	0
193	Mendota William Robert Johnston Municipal	0
194	Markleeville Alpine County	0
195	Los Banos Municipal	0
196	Tehachapi (Mountain Valley)	0
197	New Cuyama	0
198	Lost Hills Kern County	0
199	Famoso Poso Kern County	0
200	Trona	0
201	Perris Valley	0
202	Desert Center	0
203	Hesperia	0
204	Yucca Valley	0
205	Wasco Kern County	0
206	Taft Kern County	0
207	Death Valley National Park Stovepipe Wells	0
208	Death Valley National Park Furnace Creek	0
209	Kernville Kern Valley	0
210	Holtville	0
211	Rosamond Skypark	0
212	Herlong	0
213	Fortuna Rohnerville	0
214	Franklin Field	0
215	Hayfork	0
216	Firebaugh	0
217	Eureka Murray Field	0
218	Edwards Air Force Base	0
219	Davis University	0
220	Barstow Daggett	0
221	Visalia Sequoia Field	0
222	Boonville	0
223	Corcoran	0
224	San Andreas Calaveras Co Maury Rasmussen Field	0
225	Calipatria Cliff Hatfield Memorial	0
226	Fort Irwin/Barstow Bicycle Lake Army Air Field	0
227	Brawley Municipal	0
228	Emigrant Gap Blue Canyon Nyack	0
229	Marysville (Beale Air Force Base)	0
230	Corona Municipal	0
231	Herlong (Amedee Army Air Field)	0
232	Alturas Municipal	0
233	Dorris Butte Valley	0
234	Fort Jones Scott Valley	0
235	Alturas California Pines	0
236	Edwards Af Aux North Base	0
237	Chemehuevi Valley	0
238	Gustine	0
239	Happy Camp	0
240	Independence	0
241	Chowchilla	0
242	Angwin Parrett Field	0
243	Quincy (Gansner Field)	0
244	Tracy New Jerusalem	0
245	Susanville (Spaulding)	0
246	Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field	0
247	Shelter Cove	0
248	Baker	0

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ACI Jet names Barron as maintenance VP following EASA and CAACI approvals

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