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:
988

Business air charter brokers:
72

Most prevalent charter types:

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

Major business aviation airports:

1	Van Nuys	79 business aviation companies active
2	Santa Ana (John Wayne)	39
3	Carlsbad (McClellan-Palomar)	30
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	Hollister Municipal	1
117	Montague (Siskiyou County)	1
118	Riverside/Rubidoux/ Flabob	1
119	Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42	1
120	Oakdale	1
121	San Diego North Island Naval Air Station-Halsey Field	1
122	Chiriaco Summit	1
123	Buttonwillow (Elk Hills-Buttonwillow)	1
124	King City (Mesa Del Rey)	1
125	El Monte	1
126	Willows Glenn County	0
127	Lompoc Vandenberg Air Force Base	0
128	Ukiah Municipal	0
129	Tehachapi Municipal	0
130	Tracy Municipal	0
131	Ruth	0
132	Susanville Municipal	0
133	Fairfield Travis Air Force Base	0
134	Los Alamitos Army Air Field	0
135	Rancho Murieta	0
136	Placerville	0
137	Oceanside Municipal	0
138	Marina Municipal	0
139	Fall River Mills	0
140	Rio Vista Municipal	0
141	Trinity Center	0
142	Tulelake Municipal	0
143	Sierraville Dearwater	0
144	Jackson Westover Field Amador County	0
145	Cameron Park Cameron Airpark	0
146	Cloverdale Municipal	0
147	Cedarville	0
148	Bridgeport Bryant Field	0
149	Lonnie Pool Field Weaverville	0
150	Yuba City Sutter County	0
151	Woodlake	0
152	Orland (Haigh Field)	0
153	Reedley Municipal	0
154	Ells Field Willits Municipal	0
155	Lone Pine	0
156	Lee Vining	0
157	Lodi Kingdon Airpark	0
158	Garberville	0
159	Turlock Municipal	0
160	Covelo Round Valley	0
161	Colusa County	0
162	Beckwourth (Nervino)	0
163	Twentynine Palms (Self)	0
164	San Clemente Island Naval Auxiliary Landing Field	0
165	Point Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co)	0
166	San Nicolas Island Nolf	0
167	Naval Outlying Field Imperial Beach (Ream Field)	0
168	Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field)	0
169	San Diego Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field	0
170	El Centro Naf	0
171	China Lake Naws (Armitage Field)	0
172	Oceanside Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field)	0
173	Mariposa Yosemite	0
174	Mendota William Robert Johnston Municipal	0
175	Markleeville Alpine County	0
176	Los Banos Municipal	0
177	Tehachapi (Mountain Valley)	0
178	New Cuyama	0
179	Lost Hills Kern County	0
180	Famoso Poso Kern County	0
181	Trona	0
182	Perris Valley	0
183	Desert Center	0
184	Bakersfield Municipal	0
185	Hesperia	0
186	Yucca Valley	0
187	Wasco Kern County	0
188	Taft Kern County	0
189	Death Valley National Park Stovepipe Wells	0
190	Death Valley National Park Furnace Creek	0
191	Kernville Kern Valley	0
192	Holtville	0
193	Rosamond Skypark	0
194	Herlong	0
195	Fortuna Rohnerville	0
196	Franklin Field	0
197	Hayfork	0
198	Firebaugh	0
199	Eureka Murray Field	0
200	Edwards Air Force Base	0
201	Davis University	0
202	Groveland Pine Mountain Lake	0
203	Barstow Daggett	0
204	Visalia Sequoia Field	0
205	Boonville	0
206	Corcoran	0
207	San Andreas Calaveras Co Maury Rasmussen Field	0
208	Compton Woodley	0
209	Calipatria Cliff Hatfield Memorial	0
210	Fort Irwin/Barstow Bicycle Lake Army Air Field	0
211	Brawley Municipal	0
212	Emigrant Gap Blue Canyon Nyack	0
213	Marysville (Beale Air Force Base)	0
214	Corona Municipal	0
215	Herlong (Amedee Army Air Field)	0
216	Alturas Municipal	0
217	Dorris Butte Valley	0
218	Fort Jones Scott Valley	0
219	Alturas California Pines	0
220	Edwards Af Aux North Base	0
221	Chemehuevi Valley	0
222	Gustine	0
223	Happy Camp	0
224	Independence	0
225	Chowchilla	0
226	Angwin Parrett Field	0
227	Quincy (Gansner Field)	0
228	Tracy New Jerusalem	0
229	Susanville (Spaulding)	0
230	Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field	0
231	Shelter Cove	0
232	Baker	0

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FDS has been awarded a multi-year contract to support AvionTEq’s ground support test equipment and tooling business.

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IADA chairman Phil Winters, vice president, aircraft sales and charter management at Western Aircraft.

Pre-owned business aircraft market stable in 2023

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