California | Business Air News

BAN's World Gazetteer

Business aviation in California

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
150

Based business aircraft available for charter:
901

Business air charter brokers:
69

Most prevalent charter types:

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Van Nuys	76 business aviation companies active
2	Santa Ana (John Wayne)	38
3	Carlsbad (McClellan-Palomar)	31
4	Long Beach (Daugherty Field)	25
5	San Jose International	23
6	Oakland International	22
7	Camarillo	21
8	Los Angeles International	20
9	Burbank (Bob Hope)	20
10	Chino	19
11	Hayward Executive	17
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)	13
16	Sacramento (Mather)	13
17	Napa (Napa County)	11
18	San Bernardino International	11
19	Hawthorne (Jack Northrop Field)	11
20	Livermore	11
21	Sacramento (McClellan)	11
22	Sacramento Executive	11
23	Concord (Buchanan Field)	11
24	San Francisco International	11
25	San Diego International	11
26	Redding Municipal	10
27	Palo Alto	10
28	Bakersfield (Meadows Field)	10
29	Santa Barbara	10
30	Sacramento International	10
31	Palm Springs International	10
32	Fresno Yosemite	10
33	Oxnard	9
34	San Carlos	8
35	San Jose (Reid-Hillview)	8
36	Fresno (Chandler Executive)	8
37	Torrance (Zamperini Field)	8
38	Santa Monica	8
39	Palm Springs (Jacqueline Cochran)	8
40	San Diego (Brown Field)	8
41	Mountain View (Moffett Federal)	7
42	Monterey Regional	7
43	Palm Springs (Bermuda Dunes)	6
44	Victorville (S. California Logistics)	6
45	Modesto City County	6
46	Watsonville Municipal	5
47	Los Angeles (Whiteman)	5
48	La Verne (Brackett Field)	5
49	Half Moon Bay	5
50	Fullerton Municipal	5
51	San Luis Obispo (San Luis County Regional)	5
52	Stockton Metropolitan	5
53	Visalia Municipal	4
54	Salinas Municipal	4
55	Red Bluff Municipal	4
56	Grass Valley (Nevada County Air Park)	4
57	Davis/Woodland/Winters (Yolo County)	4
58	Chico Municipal	4
59	Upland (Cable)	4
60	Truckee (Truckee-Tahoe)	4
61	Ramona	4
62	Santa Maria (Allan Hancock Field)	4
63	Riverside Municipal	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	Needles	3
74	Blythe	3
75	Lodi	3
76	Paso Robles Municipal	3
77	Lancaster (General WM J Fox Airfield)	2
78	Twentynine Palms	2
79	Porterville Municipal	2
80	Oroville Municipal	2
81	Weed	2
82	Chester (Rogers Field)	2
83	Shafter Minter Field	2
84	Atwater (Castle)	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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