California | Business Air News

BAN's World Gazetteer

Business aviation in California

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
155

Based business aircraft available for charter:
1,016

Business air charter brokers:
71

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Bell 407	76
2	Gulfstream GIV	61
3	Bell 206L LongRanger	55
4	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	51
5	Pilatus PC-12	42
6	Beechcraft King Air 300	36
7	Challenger 300	33
8	Citation X	31
9	Gulfstream G500/G550	31
10	Global 6000/Express/XRS	28
11	Cessna Citation CJ3	27
12	Citation 560XL	25
13	Airbus Helicopters H130	20
14	Gulfstream GV	19
15	Airbus Helicopters H135	19
16	Cessna Caravan	19
17	Beechcraft King Air 200	18
18	Gulfstream G400/G450	17
19	Bell 206B JetRanger	17
20	Beechcraft King Air 90	16
21	Citation 560	15
22	Gulfstream G650	14
23	Challenger 604	14
24	Cessna Citation CJ2	14
25	Hawker 750/800/900	14
26	MDH 500	12
27	Bell 212	11
28	Gulfstream G200/Galaxy	10
29	Embraer Phenom 300	10
30	Citation Sovereign	9
31	Beechjet 400	9
32	Learjet 35/36	8
33	Embraer Phenom 100	8
34	Bell 204/205	8
35	Twin Commander	7
36	Falcon 2000 EASy	7
37	Learjet 60	7
38	Sikorsky S-76	7
39	Cessna 400 series	7
40	Challenger 601	7
41	Gulfstream G100 series/Astra	7
42	Challenger 605	6
43	Embraer Legacy 600/650	6
44	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	6
45	Falcon 2000	6
46	Eurocopter BK117	6
47	Global 7500	5
48	Citation 550/551	5
49	Partenavia P.68	5
50	Global 5000	5
51	Falcon 7X	5
52	Learjet 40	5
53	Gulfstream G280	4
54	Falcon 900	4
55	Bell 429	4
56	Boeing B-737	4
57	Embraer ERJ-135	4
58	Agusta A109	4
59	Airbus Helicopters H145	4
60	Beechcraft 1900	3
61	Gulfstream G500/G600	3
62	Beechcraft Premier	3
63	Hawker 1000	3
64	Learjet 70/75	3
65	Cessna 300 series	3
66	TBM700/850/900	3
67	Learjet 55	3
68	Falcon 50	3
69	Epic E1000	2
70	Citation Mustang	2
71	Gulfstream G300/G350	2
72	Bell 505 Jet Ranger X	2
73	Nextant 400XT	2
74	Bell 412	2
75	Airbus Helicopters H120	2
76	Cirrus Vision	2
77	Citation M2	2
78	Embraer Lineage 1000	2
79	Robinson R66	2
80	Learjet 45	2
81	125-700	2
82	Embraer Legacy 500	2
83	Bell 214	2
84	Citation Latitude	2
85	Piper twin piston	1
86	Commander 500/680	1
87	Dornier Do328	1
88	Pilatus PC-24	1
89	MDH 600	1
90	IAI Westwind	1
91	Beechcraft 99	1
92	Falcon 900EASy	1
93	Fairchild Dornier Envoy 3	1
94	HondaJet	1
95	Piper PA-46 Meridian/M-Class	1
96	Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin	1
97	Beechcraft Twin Piston	1
98	Cessna Citation CJ4	1
99	Boeing BBJ1	1
100	Daher Kodiak	1
101	Learjet 31	1
102	Beechcraft King Air 100	1
103	Hawker 4000	1
104	Eclipse 500 series	1
105	Citation 500/501	1
106	Learjet 24/25	1
107	Embraer Praetor 600	1

Major business aviation airports:

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

Business aviation suppliers in California

Maintenance 96 • Completions 6 • Training 4

Resale uptick leads to optimism for coming six months

1Q24 ended on a buoyant note with an uptick in pre-owned business aircraft sales, according to IADA. Its First Quarter 2024 Market Report also indicates an optimistic outlook for the next six months.

April 26, 2024 Full report

A Propulsion Center of Excellence manufacturing facility at Paine Field, Washington opens to support power electronics and electric motor manufacture.

ZeroAvia reveals manufacturing and supply plans

While the market for ZeroAvia powertrains is thousands of engines across commercial aircraft, there will be other applications where its technologies can play a major role in the supply chain for other OEMs.

April 25, 2024 Full report

Chief regulatory affairs officer Billy Nolen.

Hires and new premises position Archer for commercial launch

Archer Aviation has made a number of key hires to bolster its government relations efforts, and has opened a Washington DC office.

April 22, 2024 Full report

Elliott joins forces with Starlink connectivity

As a Starlink dealer, Elliott Aviation says it is not just offering an internet service but is redefining the way we think about connectivity in the aviation sector.

April 19, 2024 Full report

The Valencia service centre is certified by NATA as a Tier 2 Green Aviation Business.

NATA recertifies Textron-owned service centres as green

Singapore, Paris, Zurich and Indianapolis centres maintain Tier 1 status, phasing out single use plastics and with motion-sensor lighting, energy-efficient appliances and plumbing, and the Valencia centre achieves Tier 2.

April 17, 2024 Full report