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This is a list of airports in California (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
The airport is named after Brigadier General William J. Fox, "a Marine war hero, a movie stunt man, the first Los Angeles County engineer and, for 20 years after his retirement, a cowboy." [2] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. [3]
Zamperini Field (IATA: TOA, ICAO: KTOA, FAA LID: TOA) is a public airport three miles (5 km) southwest of downtown Torrance, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. [ 1 ] The airport is classified by the FAA as a Regional Reliever [ 2 ] and was once known as Torrance Municipal Airport ; it was renamed for local sports and war hero ...
Today, Thermal is a municipal airport serving general aviation. [3] [4] It is divided into 17 parcels totaling 2,549 acres (10.32 km 2) of land owned by both public and private entities. Approximately 2,285 acres (9.25 km 2) are owned by the County of Riverside for use as a municipal airport. The balance is used for agriculture and airpark ...
In 2012, 88% of all traffic was through the 62 busiest airports in the country. [ 7 ] Due to the geography of the United States and the generally large distances between major cities, air transportation is the preferred method of travel for trips over 300 miles (480 km), such as for business travelers and long distance vacation travelers.
Hollywood Burbank Airport [a] (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR, FAA LID: BUR) is a public airport three miles (4.8 km) northwest of downtown Burbank, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. [7] The airport serves Burbank , Hollywood , and the northern Greater Los Angeles area , which includes Glendale , Pasadena , the San Fernando Valley and ...
A runway extension was completed on May 3, 2012, from 6,304 ft. to 8,004 ft. [19] The extended runway at Santa Maria [19] gives the airport the longest civil runway between Los Angeles and San Jose [20] on the central coast (Bakersfield's primary runway at Meadows Field in the Central Valley (10855 x 150 ft.) and Vandenberg AFB's runway (15000 ...
Buchanan Field Airport [2] (IATA: CCR, ICAO: KCCR, FAA LID: CCR) is a medium-sized general and business public airport in Contra Costa County, California, United States, [1] [3] one mile west of the center of Concord [1] [3] and just east of Pacheco in the San Francisco Bay Area. The airport's street address is 181 John Glenn Drive Ste. 100 ...