California | Business Air News

BAN's World Gazetteer

Business aviation in California

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
165

Based business aircraft available for charter:
1,071

Business air charter brokers:
73

Most prevalent charter types:

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Van Nuys	80 business aviation companies active
2	Santa Ana (John Wayne)	41
3	Carlsbad (McClellan-Palomar)	32
4	Long Beach (Daugherty Field)	28
5	Oakland International	26
6	San Jose International	24
7	Hayward Executive	21
8	Los Angeles International	21
9	Chino	20
10	Burbank (Bob Hope)	20
11	Camarillo	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	Palm Springs International	13
21	Livermore	12
22	Santa Barbara	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	Oxnard	9
36	Palm Springs (Jacqueline Cochran)	9
37	San Jose (Reid-Hillview)	8
38	Fresno (Chandler Executive)	8
39	Santa Monica	8
40	Monterey Regional	8
41	San Diego (Brown Field)	8
42	Watsonville Municipal	7
43	Palm Springs (Bermuda Dunes)	7
44	San Carlos	7
45	Los Angeles (Whiteman)	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	Riverside Municipal	5
55	Visalia Municipal	4
56	Salinas Municipal	4
57	Red Bluff Municipal	4
58	Petaluma Municipal	4
59	Columbia	4
60	Grass Valley (Nevada County Air Park)	4
61	Davis/Woodland/Winters (Yolo County)	4
62	Truckee (Truckee-Tahoe)	4
63	Ramona	4
64	Santa Maria (Allan Hancock Field)	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	Chico Municipal	3
75	Crescent City (Jack Mc Namara Field)	3
76	Blythe	3
77	Bishop (Eastern Sierra Regional)	3
78	Auburn Municipal	3
79	Lodi	3
80	Paso Robles Municipal	3
81	Santa Paula	2
82	San Rafael	2
83	Lancaster (General WM J Fox Airfield)	2
84	Twentynine Palms	2
85	Porterville Municipal	2
86	Oroville Municipal	2
87	Marina Municipal	2
88	Weed	2
89	Chester (Rogers Field)	2
90	Shafter Minter Field	2
91	Atwater (Castle)	2
92	Madera Municipal	2
93	Lompoc	2
94	Little River	2
95	California City Municipal	2
96	Agua Dulce Airpark	2
97	Big Bear City	2
98	Borrego Springs (Borrego Valley)	2
99	Santa Ynez	2
100	Inyokern	2
101	Imperial County	2
102	Hemet-Ryan	2
103	Hanford Municipal	2
104	San Martin	2
105	Novato (Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field)	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	Healdsburg Municipal	1
120	Bakersfield (Skydive San Joaquin Valley)	1
121	Richvale	1
122	Patterson (Del Mar Farms)	1
123	Hollister Municipal	1
124	Montague (Siskiyou County)	1
125	Riverside/Rubidoux/ Flabob	1
126	Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42	1
127	Oakdale	1
128	San Diego North Island Naval Air Station-Halsey Field	1
129	Chiriaco Summit	1
130	Buttonwillow (Elk Hills-Buttonwillow)	1
131	King City (Mesa Del Rey)	1
132	Groveland (Pine Mountain Lake)	1
133	El Monte	1
134	Huntington Beach Police Department Heliport	0
135	Fort Hunter (Tusi Army Heliport)	0
136	Willows Glenn County	0
137	Lompoc Vandenberg Air Force Base	0
138	Ukiah Municipal	0
139	Tehachapi Municipal	0
140	Tracy Municipal	0
141	Ruth	0
142	Susanville Municipal	0
143	Fairfield Travis Air Force Base	0
144	Los Alamitos Army Air Field	0
145	Rancho Murieta	0
146	Placerville	0
147	Oceanside Municipal	0
148	Fall River Mills	0
149	Rio Vista Municipal	0
150	Trinity Center	0
151	Tulelake Municipal	0
152	Sierraville Dearwater	0
153	Jackson Westover Field Amador County	0
154	Cameron Park Cameron Airpark	0
155	Cloverdale Municipal	0
156	Cedarville	0
157	Bridgeport Bryant Field	0
158	Lonnie Pool Field Weaverville	0
159	Yuba City Sutter County	0
160	Woodlake	0
161	Orland (Haigh Field)	0
162	Reedley Municipal	0
163	Ells Field Willits Municipal	0
164	Lone Pine	0
165	Lee Vining	0
166	Lodi Kingdon Airpark	0
167	Garberville	0
168	Turlock Municipal	0
169	Covelo Round Valley	0
170	Colusa County	0
171	Beckwourth (Nervino)	0
172	Twentynine Palms (Self)	0
173	San Clemente Island Naval Auxiliary Landing Field	0
174	Point Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co)	0
175	San Nicolas Island Nolf	0
176	Naval Outlying Field Imperial Beach (Ream Field)	0
177	Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field)	0
178	San Diego Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field	0
179	El Centro Naf	0
180	China Lake Naws (Armitage Field)	0
181	Oceanside Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field)	0
182	Mariposa Yosemite	0
183	Mendota William Robert Johnston Municipal	0
184	Markleeville Alpine County	0
185	Los Banos Municipal	0
186	Tehachapi (Mountain Valley)	0
187	New Cuyama	0
188	Lost Hills Kern County	0
189	Famoso Poso Kern County	0
190	Trona	0
191	Perris Valley	0
192	Desert Center	0
193	Bakersfield Municipal	0
194	Hesperia	0
195	Yucca Valley	0
196	Wasco Kern County	0
197	Taft Kern County	0
198	Death Valley National Park Stovepipe Wells	0
199	Death Valley National Park Furnace Creek	0
200	Kernville Kern Valley	0
201	Holtville	0
202	Rosamond Skypark	0
203	Herlong	0
204	Fortuna Rohnerville	0
205	Franklin Field	0
206	Hayfork	0
207	Firebaugh	0
208	Eureka Murray Field	0
209	Edwards Air Force Base	0
210	Davis University	0
211	Barstow Daggett	0
212	Visalia Sequoia Field	0
213	Boonville	0
214	Corcoran	0
215	San Andreas Calaveras Co Maury Rasmussen Field	0
216	Compton Woodley	0
217	Calipatria Cliff Hatfield Memorial	0
218	Fort Irwin/Barstow Bicycle Lake Army Air Field	0
219	Brawley Municipal	0
220	Emigrant Gap Blue Canyon Nyack	0
221	Marysville (Beale Air Force Base)	0
222	Corona Municipal	0
223	Herlong (Amedee Army Air Field)	0
224	Alturas Municipal	0
225	Dorris Butte Valley	0
226	Fort Jones Scott Valley	0
227	Alturas California Pines	0
228	Edwards Af Aux North Base	0
229	Chemehuevi Valley	0
230	Gustine	0
231	Happy Camp	0
232	Independence	0
233	Chowchilla	0
234	Angwin Parrett Field	0
235	Quincy (Gansner Field)	0
236	Tracy New Jerusalem	0
237	Susanville (Spaulding)	0
238	Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field	0
239	Shelter Cove	0
240	Baker	0

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