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:
854

Business air charter brokers:
73

Most prevalent charter types:

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Van Nuys	74 business aviation companies active
2	Santa Ana (John Wayne)	36
3	Carlsbad (McClellan-Palomar)	32
4	Long Beach (Daugherty Field)	25
5	Camarillo	21
6	San Jose International	21
7	Oakland International	21
8	Hayward Executive	20
9	Los Angeles International	19
10	Chino	18
11	Burbank (Bob Hope)	18
12	San Diego (Gillespie Field)	15
13	Ontario (LA/Ontario)	15
14	San Diego (Montgomery-Gibbs Executive)	14
15	Santa Rosa (Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County)	14
16	Sacramento (Mather)	12
17	San Francisco International	12
18	San Bernardino International	11
19	Hawthorne (Jack Northrop Field)	11
20	Sacramento Executive	11
21	Sacramento International	11
22	Fresno Yosemite	11
23	Palo Alto	10
24	Livermore	10
25	Sacramento (McClellan)	10
26	Santa Barbara	10
27	San Diego International	10
28	Palm Springs International	10
29	Redding Municipal	9
30	Napa (Napa County)	9
31	Concord (Buchanan Field)	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	San Diego (Brown Field)	8
40	San Carlos	7
41	Mountain View (Moffett Federal)	7
42	Monterey Regional	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	Truckee (Truckee-Tahoe)	4
61	Ramona	4
62	Santa Maria (Allan Hancock Field)	4
63	Murrieta/Temecula (French Valley)	4
64	Vacaville (Nut Tree)	3
65	Tulare (Mefford Field)	3
66	Redlands Municipal	3
67	Petaluma Municipal	3
68	Watts Woodland	3
69	Columbia	3
70	Mammoth Lakes (Mammoth Yosemite)	3
71	Novato (Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field)	3
72	Upland (Cable)	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	Needles	2
99	San Martin	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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