California | Business Air News

BAN's World Gazetteer

Business aviation in California

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
174

Based business aircraft available for charter:
1,069

Business air charter brokers:
86

Most prevalent charter types:

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Van Nuys	83 business aviation companies active
2	Santa Ana (John Wayne)	41
3	Carlsbad (McClellan-Palomar)	31
4	Long Beach (Daugherty Field)	30
5	San Jose International	27
6	Oakland (San Francisco Bay)	26
7	Hayward Executive	24
8	Camarillo	23
9	Los Angeles International	23
10	Burbank (Bob Hope)	23
11	Chino	20
12	Napa (Napa County)	17
13	San Diego (Gillespie Field)	16
14	San Francisco International	16
15	San Diego (Montgomery-Gibbs Executive)	15
16	Santa Rosa (Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County)	15
17	Concord (Buchanan Field)	15
18	Livermore	14
19	Sacramento Executive	14
20	Sacramento (Mather)	14
21	Ontario (LA/Ontario)	13
22	Santa Barbara	13
23	San Diego International	13
24	Palm Springs International	13
25	Monterey Regional	12
26	Palo Alto	11
27	San Bernardino International	11
28	Hawthorne (Jack Northrop Field)	11
29	Sacramento International	11
30	Redding Municipal	10
31	Mountain View (Moffett Federal)	10
32	Sacramento (McClellan)	10
33	Torrance (Zamperini Field)	10
34	Santa Monica	10
35	Bakersfield (Meadows Field)	10
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 Carlos	7
43	San Jose (Reid-Hillview)	7
44	La Verne (Brackett Field)	7
45	Stockton Metropolitan	7
46	Los Angeles (Whiteman)	6
47	Fullerton Municipal	6
48	San Luis Obispo (San Luis County Regional)	6
49	Victorville (S. California Logistics)	6
50	Riverside Municipal	6
51	Modesto City County	6
52	San Diego (Brown Field)	6
53	Visalia Municipal	5
54	Petaluma Municipal	5
55	Half Moon Bay	5
56	Upland (Cable)	5
57	Santa Maria (Allan Hancock Field)	5
58	Salinas Municipal	4
59	Redlands Municipal	4
60	Red Bluff Municipal	4
61	Columbia	4
62	Grass Valley (Nevada County Air Park)	4
63	Davis/Woodland/Winters (Yolo County)	4
64	Chico Municipal	4
65	Crescent City (Jack Mc Namara Field)	4
66	Truckee (Truckee-Tahoe)	4
67	Ramona	4
68	Murrieta/Temecula (French Valley)	4
69	Vacaville (Nut Tree)	3
70	Tulare (Mefford Field)	3
71	Watts Woodland	3
72	Mammoth Lakes (Mammoth Yosemite)	3
73	Merced Regional Macready Field	3
74	Madera Municipal	3
75	Lincoln Regional Karl Harder Field	3
76	Needles	3
77	Novato (Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field)	3
78	Compton Woodley	3
79	Blythe	3
80	Bishop (Eastern Sierra Regional)	3
81	Auburn Municipal	3
82	Lodi	3
83	Paso Robles Municipal	3
84	El Monte (San Gabriel Valley)	3
85	Dos Palos (Eagle Field)	2
86	Fillmore (RSI Heliport)	2
87	Santa Paula	2
88	San Rafael	2
89	Richvale	2
90	Lancaster (General WM J Fox Airfield)	2
91	Twentynine Palms	2
92	Porterville Municipal	2
93	Oroville Municipal	2
94	Marina Municipal	2
95	Weed	2
96	Chester (Rogers Field)	2
97	Shafter Minter Field	2
98	Atwater (Castle)	2
99	Lompoc	2
100	Little River	2
101	California City Municipal	2
102	Agua Dulce Airpark	2
103	Bakersfield Municipal	2
104	Big Bear City	2
105	Borrego Springs (Borrego Valley)	2
106	Santa Ynez	2
107	Inyokern	2
108	Imperial County	2
109	Hemet-Ryan	2
110	Hanford Municipal	2
111	San Martin	2
112	Delano Municipal	2
113	Byron	2
114	New Coalinga Municipal	2
115	Banning Municipal	2
116	Avalon (Catalina)	2
117	Apple Valley	2
118	Lakeport (Lampson Field)	2
119	Riverside (March Air Reserve Base)	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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