California | Business Air News

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Business aviation in California

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
172

Based business aircraft available for charter:
1,071

Business air charter brokers:
91

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Bell 407	106
2	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	57
3	Bell 206L LongRanger	55
4	Gulfstream GIV	53
5	Pilatus PC-12	53
6	Gulfstream G500/G550	34
7	Global 6000/Express/XRS	33
8	Challenger 300	33
9	Beechcraft King Air 300	32
10	Cessna Citation CJ3	28
11	Gulfstream G650	27
12	Airbus Helicopters H130	25
13	Citation 560XL	21
14	Airbus Helicopters H135	21
15	Cessna Caravan	18
16	Beechcraft King Air 90	18
17	Citation X	18
18	Beechcraft King Air 200	16
19	Hawker 750/800/900	16
20	Challenger 604	15
21	Gulfstream GV	14
22	Bell 212	14
23	Embraer Phenom 300	13
24	Embraer Phenom 100	13
25	Citation 560	13
26	MDH 500	13
27	Gulfstream G400/G450	13
28	Bell 206B JetRanger	13
29	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	11
30	Global 7500	11
31	Challenger 601	9
32	Gulfstream G500/G600	9
33	Falcon 900	9
34	Bell 204/205	9
35	Challenger 605	8
36	Cessna Citation CJ2	8
37	Beechjet 400	8
38	Citation Sovereign	7
39	Falcon 2000 EASy	7
40	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	7
41	Citation 550/551	7
42	Sikorsky S-76	7
43	Bell 429	6
44	Pilatus PC-24	6
45	Learjet 60	6
46	Partenavia P.68	6
47	Citation M2	6
48	Agusta A109	5
49	Cessna 400 series	5
50	Embraer ERJ-135	5
51	Airbus Helicopters H145	5
52	Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin	5
53	Twin Commander	5
54	Robinson R66	5
55	Learjet 40	5
56	Global 5000	5
57	Cessna 300 series	4
58	Eurocopter BK117	4
59	Beechcraft Twin Piston	4
60	Falcon 2000	4
61	Falcon 7X	4
62	Gulfstream G280	4
63	Gulfstream G300/G350	3
64	Falcon 900EASy	3
65	Gulfstream G700	3
66	Embraer Legacy 600/650	3
67	Beechcraft 1900	3
68	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	3
69	Embraer Legacy 500	2
70	Citation Mustang	2
71	Learjet 35/36	2
72	Boeing B-737	2
73	TBM700/850/900	2
74	125-700	2
75	Nextant 400XT	2
76	Learjet 31	2
77	HondaJet	2
78	Citation Latitude	2
79	Hawker 1000	2
80	Dornier Do328	2
81	Bell 505 Jet Ranger X	2
82	Commander 500/680	2
83	Bell 412	2
84	Beechcraft 99	1
85	Saab SF340	1
86	Cirrus Vision Jet	1
87	MDH 600	1
88	Agusta A119	1
89	P180 Avanti	1
90	Airbus Helicopters H120	1
91	Piper PA-46 Meridian/M-Class	1
92	AgustaWestland AW139	1
93	Cessna 441	1
94	Embraer Lineage 1000	1
95	Falcon 50	1
96	Learjet 24/25	1
97	Boeing BBJ1	1
98	IAI Westwind	1
99	Cessna Citation CJ4	1
100	Embraer Praetor 600	1
101	Beechcraft Premier	1
102	Partenavia AP.68TP	1
103	Daher Kodiak	1
104	Citation 500/501	1
105	Learjet 45	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Van Nuys	81 business aviation companies active
2	Santa Ana (John Wayne)	43
3	Carlsbad (McClellan-Palomar)	31
4	Long Beach (Daugherty Field)	29
5	Oakland (San Francisco Bay)	27
6	San Jose International	26
7	Hayward Executive	23
8	Camarillo	22
9	Los Angeles International	22
10	Burbank (Bob Hope)	21
11	Chino	19
12	San Diego (Gillespie Field)	17
13	San Francisco International	16
14	Napa (Napa County)	15
15	Santa Rosa (Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County)	15
16	Ontario (LA/Ontario)	15
17	San Diego (Montgomery-Gibbs Executive)	14
18	Concord (Buchanan Field)	14
19	Santa Barbara	14
20	Sacramento Executive	13
21	Sacramento (Mather)	13
22	Palm Springs International	13
23	San Bernardino International	12
24	Livermore	12
25	Sacramento (McClellan)	12
26	Monterey Regional	12
27	San Diego International	12
28	Palo Alto	11
29	Redding Municipal	10
30	Hawthorne (Jack Northrop Field)	10
31	Torrance (Zamperini Field)	10
32	Santa Monica	10
33	Sacramento International	10
34	Mountain View (Moffett Federal)	9
35	Fresno (Chandler Executive)	9
36	Bakersfield (Meadows Field)	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	Angwin Parrett Field	1
145	Huntington Beach Police Department Heliport	0
146	Fort Hunter (Tusi Army Heliport)	0
147	Willows Glenn County	0
148	Lompoc Vandenberg Air Force Base	0
149	Ukiah Municipal	0
150	Tehachapi Municipal	0
151	Tracy Municipal	0
152	Ruth	0
153	Susanville Municipal	0
154	Fairfield Travis Air Force Base	0
155	Los Alamitos Army Air Field	0
156	Rancho Murieta	0
157	Placerville	0
158	Oceanside Municipal	0
159	Fall River Mills	0
160	Rio Vista Municipal	0
161	Trinity Center	0
162	Tulelake Municipal	0
163	Sierraville Dearwater	0
164	Jackson Westover Field Amador County	0
165	Cameron Park Cameron Airpark	0
166	Cloverdale Municipal	0
167	Cedarville	0
168	Bridgeport Bryant Field	0
169	Lonnie Pool Field Weaverville	0
170	Yuba City Sutter County	0
171	Woodlake	0
172	Orland (Haigh Field)	0
173	Reedley Municipal	0
174	Ells Field Willits Municipal	0
175	Lone Pine	0
176	Lee Vining	0
177	Lodi Kingdon Airpark	0
178	Garberville	0
179	Turlock Municipal	0
180	Covelo Round Valley	0
181	Colusa County	0
182	Beckwourth (Nervino)	0
183	Twentynine Palms (Self)	0
184	San Clemente Island Naval Auxiliary Landing Field	0
185	Point Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co)	0
186	San Nicolas Island Nolf	0
187	Naval Outlying Field Imperial Beach (Ream Field)	0
188	Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field)	0
189	San Diego Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field	0
190	El Centro Naf	0
191	China Lake Naws (Armitage Field)	0
192	Oceanside Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field)	0
193	Mariposa Yosemite	0
194	Mendota William Robert Johnston Municipal	0
195	Markleeville Alpine County	0
196	Los Banos Municipal	0
197	Tehachapi (Mountain Valley)	0
198	New Cuyama	0
199	Lost Hills Kern County	0
200	Famoso Poso Kern County	0
201	Trona	0
202	Perris Valley	0
203	Desert Center	0
204	Hesperia	0
205	Yucca Valley	0
206	Wasco Kern County	0
207	Taft Kern County	0
208	Death Valley National Park Stovepipe Wells	0
209	Death Valley National Park Furnace Creek	0
210	Kernville Kern Valley	0
211	Holtville	0
212	Rosamond Skypark	0
213	Herlong	0
214	Fortuna Rohnerville	0
215	Franklin Field	0
216	Hayfork	0
217	Firebaugh	0
218	Eureka Murray Field	0
219	Edwards Air Force Base	0
220	Davis University	0
221	Barstow Daggett	0
222	Visalia Sequoia Field	0
223	Boonville	0
224	Corcoran	0
225	San Andreas Calaveras Co Maury Rasmussen Field	0
226	Calipatria Cliff Hatfield Memorial	0
227	Fort Irwin/Barstow Bicycle Lake Army Air Field	0
228	Brawley Municipal	0
229	Emigrant Gap Blue Canyon Nyack	0
230	Marysville (Beale Air Force Base)	0
231	Corona Municipal	0
232	Herlong (Amedee Army Air Field)	0
233	Alturas Municipal	0
234	Dorris Butte Valley	0
235	Fort Jones Scott Valley	0
236	Alturas California Pines	0
237	Edwards Af Aux North Base	0
238	Chemehuevi Valley	0
239	Gustine	0
240	Happy Camp	0
241	Independence	0
242	Chowchilla	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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