California | Business Air News

BAN's World Gazetteer

Business aviation in California

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
175

Based business aircraft available for charter:
1,079

Business air charter brokers:
88

Most prevalent charter types:

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Van Nuys	82 business aviation companies active
2	Santa Ana (John Wayne)	43
3	Carlsbad (McClellan-Palomar)	31
4	Long Beach (Daugherty Field)	30
5	San Jose International	26
6	Oakland (San Francisco Bay)	26
7	Hayward Executive	23
8	Camarillo	22
9	Los Angeles International	21
10	Burbank (Bob Hope)	21
11	Chino	19
12	Napa (Napa County)	16
13	San Diego (Gillespie Field)	16
14	Santa Rosa (Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County)	15
15	San Francisco International	15
16	San Diego (Montgomery-Gibbs Executive)	14
17	Concord (Buchanan Field)	14
18	Ontario (LA/Ontario)	14
19	Livermore	13
20	Sacramento Executive	13
21	Sacramento (Mather)	13
22	Santa Barbara	13
23	Palm Springs International	13
24	Monterey Regional	12
25	San Diego International	12
26	Palo Alto	11
27	San Bernardino International	11
28	Hawthorne (Jack Northrop Field)	11
29	Sacramento (McClellan)	11
30	Redding Municipal	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	Half Moon Bay	5
54	Upland (Cable)	5
55	Truckee (Truckee-Tahoe)	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	Petaluma Municipal	4
62	Columbia	4
63	Mammoth Lakes (Mammoth Yosemite)	4
64	Grass Valley (Nevada County Air Park)	4
65	Davis/Woodland/Winters (Yolo County)	4
66	Chico Municipal	4
67	Crescent City (Jack Mc Namara Field)	4
68	Paso Robles Municipal	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

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