California | Business Air News

BAN's World Gazetteer

Business aviation in California

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
164

Based business aircraft available for charter:
1,054

Business air charter brokers:
76

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Bell 407	89
2	Bell 206L LongRanger	54
3	Gulfstream GIV	54
4	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	53
5	Pilatus PC-12	47
6	Challenger 300	34
7	Global 6000/Express/XRS	34
8	Gulfstream G500/G550	33
9	Beechcraft King Air 300	33
10	Citation X	31
11	Citation 560XL	26
12	Cessna Citation CJ3	25
13	Airbus Helicopters H130	25
14	Gulfstream G650	22
15	Airbus Helicopters H135	20
16	Cessna Caravan	19
17	Gulfstream GV	17
18	Beechcraft King Air 200	16
19	Bell 206B JetRanger	16
20	Hawker 750/800/900	16
21	Beechcraft King Air 90	15
22	Cessna Citation CJ2	15
23	MDH 500	15
24	Embraer Phenom 300	12
25	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	12
26	Challenger 601	11
27	Citation 560	11
28	Gulfstream G400/G450	11
29	Bell 212	11
30	Challenger 604	10
31	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	10
32	Beechjet 400	9
33	Embraer Phenom 100	9
34	Gulfstream G500/G600	8
35	Citation Sovereign	8
36	Falcon 2000 EASy	8
37	Cessna 400 series	7
38	Learjet 60	7
39	Twin Commander	7
40	Global 7500	7
41	Bell 204/205	7
42	Sikorsky S-76	7
43	Eurocopter BK117	6
44	Falcon 2000	6
45	Learjet 40	5
46	Challenger 605	5
47	Learjet 35/36	5
48	Agusta A109	5
49	Bell 429	5
50	Airbus Helicopters H145	5
51	Partenavia P.68	5
52	Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin	5
53	Falcon 900EASy	5
54	Embraer Legacy 600/650	5
55	Pilatus PC-24	5
56	Gulfstream G280	4
57	Falcon 7X	4
58	Falcon 900	4
59	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	4
60	Robinson R66	4
61	Cessna 300 series	4
62	Global 5000	4
63	Citation 550/551	4
64	Beechcraft 1900	3
65	Embraer ERJ-135	3
66	Gulfstream G300/G350	3
67	TBM700/850/900	3
68	Citation Mustang	3
69	Falcon 50	3
70	Hawker 1000	3
71	Boeing B-737	3
72	Citation M2	3
73	Citation Latitude	3
74	Cessna Citation CJ4	2
75	Bell 412	2
76	Nextant 400XT	2
77	Bell 214	2
78	Beechcraft Premier	2
79	Embraer Legacy 500	2
80	Dornier Do328	2
81	Airbus Helicopters H120	2
82	Commander 500/680	2
83	Beechcraft Twin Piston	2
84	Bell 505 Jet Ranger X	2
85	Epic E1000	2
86	125-700	2
87	IAI Westwind	1
88	Piper PA-46 Meridian/M-Class	1
89	Partenavia AP.68TP	1
90	Learjet 70/75	1
91	MDH 600	1
92	HondaJet	1
93	Piper PA-46 Malibu/Mirage	1
94	Cirrus Vision	1
95	Embraer Lineage 1000	1
96	Cessna 441	1
97	P180 Avanti	1
98	Citation 500/501	1
99	Learjet 45	1
100	Beechcraft 99	1
101	Embraer Praetor 600	1
102	Learjet 24/25	1
103	Daher Kodiak	1
104	Boeing BBJ1	1

Major business aviation airports:

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

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