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:
1,017

Business air charter brokers:
72

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Van Nuys	78 business aviation companies active
2	Santa Ana (John Wayne)	39
3	Carlsbad (McClellan-Palomar)	30
4	Long Beach (Daugherty Field)	28
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	Santa Rosa (Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County)	13
15	Sacramento (Mather)	13
16	Ontario (LA/Ontario)	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	San Rafael	2
81	Lancaster (General WM J Fox Airfield)	2
82	Twentynine Palms	2
83	Porterville Municipal	2
84	Oroville Municipal	2
85	Marina Municipal	2
86	Weed	2
87	Chester (Rogers Field)	2
88	Shafter Minter Field	2
89	Atwater (Castle)	2
90	Madera Municipal	2
91	Lompoc	2
92	Little River	2
93	California City Municipal	2
94	Agua Dulce Airpark	2
95	Big Bear City	2
96	Borrego Springs (Borrego Valley)	2
97	Santa Ynez	2
98	Inyokern	2
99	Imperial County	2
100	Hemet-Ryan	2
101	Hanford Municipal	2
102	San Martin	2
103	Novato (Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field)	2
104	Delano Municipal	2
105	Byron	2
106	New Coalinga Municipal	2
107	Banning Municipal	2
108	Bishop (Eastern Sierra Regional)	2
109	Avalon (Catalina)	2
110	Apple Valley	2
111	Lakeport (Lampson Field)	2
112	Riverside (March Air Reserve Base)	2
113	Marysville (Yuba County)	2
114	Mojave	2
115	South Lake Tahoe (Lake Tahoe)	2
116	Calexico International	2
117	Arcata (California Redwood Coast)	2
118	Healdsburg Municipal	1
119	Bakersfield (Skydive San Joaquin Valley)	1
120	Richvale	1
121	Patterson (Del Mar Farms)	1
122	Hollister Municipal	1
123	Montague (Siskiyou County)	1
124	Riverside/Rubidoux/ Flabob	1
125	Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42	1
126	Oakdale	1
127	San Diego North Island Naval Air Station-Halsey Field	1
128	Chiriaco Summit	1
129	Buttonwillow (Elk Hills-Buttonwillow)	1
130	King City (Mesa Del Rey)	1
131	El Monte	1
132	Huntington Beach Police Department Heliport	0
133	Fort Hunter (Tusi Army Heliport)	0
134	Willows Glenn County	0
135	Lompoc Vandenberg Air Force Base	0
136	Ukiah Municipal	0
137	Tehachapi Municipal	0
138	Tracy Municipal	0
139	Ruth	0
140	Susanville Municipal	0
141	Fairfield Travis Air Force Base	0
142	Los Alamitos Army Air Field	0
143	Rancho Murieta	0
144	Placerville	0
145	Oceanside Municipal	0
146	Fall River Mills	0
147	Rio Vista Municipal	0
148	Trinity Center	0
149	Tulelake Municipal	0
150	Sierraville Dearwater	0
151	Jackson Westover Field Amador County	0
152	Cameron Park Cameron Airpark	0
153	Cloverdale Municipal	0
154	Cedarville	0
155	Bridgeport Bryant Field	0
156	Lonnie Pool Field Weaverville	0
157	Yuba City Sutter County	0
158	Woodlake	0
159	Orland (Haigh Field)	0
160	Reedley Municipal	0
161	Ells Field Willits Municipal	0
162	Lone Pine	0
163	Lee Vining	0
164	Lodi Kingdon Airpark	0
165	Garberville	0
166	Turlock Municipal	0
167	Covelo Round Valley	0
168	Colusa County	0
169	Beckwourth (Nervino)	0
170	Twentynine Palms (Self)	0
171	San Clemente Island Naval Auxiliary Landing Field	0
172	Point Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co)	0
173	San Nicolas Island Nolf	0
174	Naval Outlying Field Imperial Beach (Ream Field)	0
175	Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field)	0
176	San Diego Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field	0
177	El Centro Naf	0
178	China Lake Naws (Armitage Field)	0
179	Oceanside Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field)	0
180	Mariposa Yosemite	0
181	Mendota William Robert Johnston Municipal	0
182	Markleeville Alpine County	0
183	Los Banos Municipal	0
184	Tehachapi (Mountain Valley)	0
185	New Cuyama	0
186	Lost Hills Kern County	0
187	Famoso Poso Kern County	0
188	Trona	0
189	Perris Valley	0
190	Desert Center	0
191	Bakersfield Municipal	0
192	Hesperia	0
193	Yucca Valley	0
194	Wasco Kern County	0
195	Taft Kern County	0
196	Death Valley National Park Stovepipe Wells	0
197	Death Valley National Park Furnace Creek	0
198	Kernville Kern Valley	0
199	Holtville	0
200	Rosamond Skypark	0
201	Herlong	0
202	Fortuna Rohnerville	0
203	Franklin Field	0
204	Hayfork	0
205	Firebaugh	0
206	Eureka Murray Field	0
207	Edwards Air Force Base	0
208	Davis University	0
209	Groveland Pine Mountain Lake	0
210	Barstow Daggett	0
211	Visalia Sequoia Field	0
212	Boonville	0
213	Corcoran	0
214	San Andreas Calaveras Co Maury Rasmussen Field	0
215	Compton Woodley	0
216	Calipatria Cliff Hatfield Memorial	0
217	Fort Irwin/Barstow Bicycle Lake Army Air Field	0
218	Brawley Municipal	0
219	Emigrant Gap Blue Canyon Nyack	0
220	Marysville (Beale Air Force Base)	0
221	Corona Municipal	0
222	Herlong (Amedee Army Air Field)	0
223	Alturas Municipal	0
224	Dorris Butte Valley	0
225	Fort Jones Scott Valley	0
226	Alturas California Pines	0
227	Edwards Af Aux North Base	0
228	Chemehuevi Valley	0
229	Gustine	0
230	Happy Camp	0
231	Independence	0
232	Chowchilla	0
233	Angwin Parrett Field	0
234	Quincy (Gansner Field)	0
235	Tracy New Jerusalem	0
236	Susanville (Spaulding)	0
237	Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field	0
238	Shelter Cove	0
239	Baker	0

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