California | Business Air News

BAN's World Gazetteer

Business aviation in California

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
156

Based business aircraft available for charter:
879

Business air charter brokers:
69

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Gulfstream GIV	64
2	Bell 407	60
3	Pilatus PC-12	46
4	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	38
5	Bell 206L LongRanger	36
6	Gulfstream G500/G550	35
7	Beechcraft King Air 300	28
8	Challenger 300	28
9	Global 6000/Express/XRS	25
10	Cessna Citation CJ3	22
11	Citation 560XL	20
12	Gulfstream GV	19
13	Beechcraft King Air 200	19
14	Challenger 604	17
15	Cessna Caravan	17
16	Cessna Citation CJ2	17
17	Airbus Helicopters H130	15
18	Bell 206B JetRanger	15
19	Gulfstream G400/G450	15
20	Citation 560	14
21	Airbus Helicopters H135	14
22	Citation X	14
23	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	12
24	Bell 212	10
25	Beechjet 400	10
26	Beechcraft King Air 90	10
27	Hawker 750/800/900	9
28	Gulfstream G650	9
29	Embraer Legacy 600/650	9
30	Citation 550/551	8
31	Falcon 2000	8
32	MDH 500	8
33	Embraer Phenom 300	8
34	Falcon 2000 EASy	8
35	Learjet 35/36	7
36	Sikorsky S-76	7
37	Bell 204/205	7
38	Citation Sovereign	7
39	Challenger 601	7
40	Cessna 400 series	7
41	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	7
42	Embraer Phenom 100	6
43	Twin Commander	6
44	Learjet 60	6
45	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	5
46	Partenavia P.68	5
47	Beechcraft Premier	5
48	Agusta A109	4
49	Falcon 900	4
50	Challenger 605	4
51	Robinson R66	4
52	Boeing B-737	4
53	Bell 429	4
54	Airbus Helicopters H145	4
55	Learjet 40	3
56	Gulfstream G500/G600	3
57	Embraer ERJ-135	3
58	Learjet 45	3
59	Falcon 7X	3
60	Cessna 300 series	3
61	Cessna Citation CJ4	3
62	Learjet 55	3
63	Learjet 70/75	3
64	Citation Mustang	3
65	Gulfstream G280	3
66	Gulfstream G300/G350	3
67	Hawker 1000	2
68	Airbus Helicopters H120	2
69	125-700	2
70	Bell 214	2
71	Global 5000	2
72	Embraer Lineage 1000	2
73	Fairchild Dornier Envoy 3	2
74	Falcon 900EASy	2
75	Global 7500	2
76	Learjet 31	2
77	Nextant 400XT	2
78	Citation Latitude	2
79	Bell 427	1
80	Bell 505 Jet Ranger X	1
81	Piper PA-46 Meridian/M-Class	1
82	Falcon 50	1
83	Piper twin piston	1
84	MDH 600	1
85	Daher Kodiak	1
86	Cirrus Vision	1
87	TBM700/850/900	1
88	Beechcraft Twin Piston	1
89	Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin	1
90	Diamond DA62	1
91	Epic E1000	1
92	Pilatus PC-24	1
93	Boeing BBJ1	1
94	Bell 412	1
95	Beechcraft King Air 100	1
96	Citation M2	1
97	Citation 500/501	1
98	Learjet 24/25	1
99	Embraer Praetor 600	1
100	Beechcraft 99	1

Major business aviation airports:

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

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