California | Business Air News

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Business aviation in California

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
178

Based business aircraft available for charter:
1,077

Business air charter brokers:
86

Most prevalent charter types:

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Van Nuys	83 business aviation companies active
2	Santa Ana (John Wayne)	42
3	Carlsbad (McClellan-Palomar)	32
4	Long Beach (Daugherty Field)	30
5	San Jose International	27
6	Oakland (San Francisco Bay)	24
7	Camarillo	23
8	Hayward Executive	23
9	Burbank (Bob Hope)	22
10	Los Angeles International	21
11	Chino	19
12	Napa (Napa County)	16
13	San Diego (Gillespie Field)	16
14	San Diego (Montgomery-Gibbs Executive)	15
15	San Francisco International	15
16	Santa Rosa (Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County)	14
17	Concord (Buchanan Field)	14
18	Livermore	13
19	Sacramento Executive	13
20	Sacramento (Mather)	13
21	Ontario (LA/Ontario)	13
22	Palm Springs International	13
23	Monterey Regional	12
24	Santa Barbara	12
25	San Diego International	12
26	Palo Alto	11
27	San Bernardino International	11
28	Hawthorne (Jack Northrop Field)	11
29	Redding Municipal	10
30	Sacramento (McClellan)	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	Riverside Municipal	6
49	Stockton Metropolitan	6
50	Modesto City County	6
51	San Diego (Brown Field)	6
52	Visalia Municipal	5
53	Petaluma Municipal	5
54	Half Moon Bay	5
55	Upland (Cable)	5
56	Victorville (S. California Logistics)	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	Mammoth Lakes (Mammoth Yosemite)	4
63	Grass Valley (Nevada County Air Park)	4
64	Davis/Woodland/Winters (Yolo County)	4
65	Chico Municipal	4
66	Crescent City (Jack Mc Namara Field)	4
67	Paso Robles Municipal	4
68	Truckee (Truckee-Tahoe)	4
69	Ramona	4
70	Murrieta/Temecula (French Valley)	4
71	Vacaville (Nut Tree)	3
72	Tulare (Mefford Field)	3
73	Watts Woodland	3
74	Merced Regional Macready Field	3
75	Madera Municipal	3
76	Lincoln Regional Karl Harder Field	3
77	Needles	3
78	Compton Woodley	3
79	Blythe	3
80	Bishop (Eastern Sierra Regional)	3
81	Auburn Municipal	3
82	Lodi	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	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	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

Business aviation suppliers in California

Maintenance 95 • Completions 5 • Training 4

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Joby attributes the speed of its transition from prototype to conforming aircraft to its vertically integrated development strategy.

Joby begins flight testing FAA-conforming aircraft for certification

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