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Only the blimp hangers are left.
Ex Marine base (MCAS Tustin) with two large wooden blimp hangers that can bee seen for a good distance from any direction. The hangers have been used in many movies and TV shows over the years, including one of the Austin Powers movies and the X-Files. It was shut down in the mid 90's and has slowly disappeared, yet the hangers remain.
5 Stars
Can't complain about anything at John Wayne Airport. It's relatively small and it's extremely easy to navigate through the terminal. Friendly personnel as well.
Is New Cuyama going to Re-Open?
I flew in/over on May 28 2011 and my favorite airport had a big X over the numbers:-( Is there anything we can do to help re-open it?
Zunigas
My home port. That great little restaurant is Zunigas. They have a great little gar as well--Jesus is there to serve you.
Service
We landed and taxied to the Jet Center and had awesome service. They parked us, took us to our hotel and picked us up in the morning for our return flight. Highly recomment this place/
re: It's a very friendly airport now!
Reply to @david: I agree with the assessment that Reid-Hillview is a friendly airport which offers a range of services. I would add that it is a convenient airport as well. I am amazed with its close proximity to downtown San Jose and far less hassle associated with getting in and out of the nearby San Jose International airport that more business people traveling via General Aviation do not utilize it.
The airport has the potential of becoming an even better airport if the Santa Clara County folks who oversee it would realize that it would be to their advantage to allow a restaurant to re-inhabit the terminal building.
re: It's a very friendly airport now!
Thanks for the update. Next time work takes me to NoCal, I'll pay another visit.
It's a very friendly airport now!
The rude controller was a big pain in the rear end, and was finally "persuaded" to resign.
The county supervisors and the city now support the airport.
It's a very friendly airport now. Airport terminal has snack, soda and coffee machines. Airport Shoppe (open Mon - Sat, 9-5) has a wide range of pilot supplies plus prepackaged sanwiches and similar food items. Four flight schools - including tailwheel, vintage and aerobatics at AeroDynamic Aviation. Two maintenance shops. Cessna dealer. 24hr self serve gas plus three truck based fuel services.
Time to visit again!
Home base
My Home base
Property
Wanting to know about your airpark.
We live at A20 but were originally from Escondido.
Considering a move back to the area.. Looking,,,,,,
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Gimli Glider
This is where Gimli Glider is stored......How painful one historical aircraft to be stored.
FIRST AIRPORT
I learned to fly here, PPL, INSTRUMENT, COMMERCIAL ASEL
Vacation
Great place to fly into and camp on the river. Contact Kayak Bob at 949-433-9184 for the lay of the land and a pick up from the airport.
Hard to find, but what a view!
You can even get a cold drink at walking distance in the little village
Great place to practice high altitude landings
Not only is the flight there via Tioga pass gorgeous, the airport itself is the best place to practice your high altitude landings
Patern
School, Church and Store are 1/4 mile east. Do not overfly. Right hand patern 16, Left hand pattern 34
11 terminals?
I've only been once, but was shocked at the condition and arrangement of this airport.
11 terminals? It seemed more like one big long mess, no real distinction.
Very disappointed with both duty free shopping and any dining options.
BUT they were in a state of renovation when I came in and out of LAX. Hope that this can be finalised eventually!
Lodi
Nice little airport with a restaurant on the field. A little pricey ($9 for a tuna melt) but good service and good food. They have some specialty sandwiches I should have tried...next time. Watch out for skydivers on the weekend. They never stop falling for the sky and the jump planes use the crossing runway. Listen and be alert. It is very, very busy.
re: aka 6q6?
That seems to be a former identifier - I've added it to the keywords.
El Monte Airport working on a Taxiway?
It seems like El Monte Airport is working on a the taxiway right now. The flight school called Universal Air Academy had many airplanes coming in and out of row 21. I saw N38700 flying too. I didn't fly it so I don't know how it performs but the paint job was still in fairly good condition. Yeah, they do have a "bunch" of Cessnas.
KMMH
$25 Landing Fee or Fill Up with very expensive fuel !
Chicken Strip
1300 ft usable, el = 1300 land to north, uphill. Landing & departing is at right angles to military buzz path to hot springs - caution advised - no radar advisory below about 9000. monitor 126.55 - may learn of low level activity in Saline MOA. Runway maintained by users.
Shingletown
Closed October 1, 2002
Now used as a site for a large annual star party
aka 6q6?
I've run into some references online (including a logbook) that refer to this airport as 6Q6
code 88CA
The FAA uses '88CA' for REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN JOSE H2
CL56/O23
This airport is O23 for the FAA
codes O23 / CL56
The FAA has coded this airport (O23) as CL56
NFX / NXF
The FAA coded this airport (NFX) as NXF
code LA22
The FAA uses 'LA22' for PG&E Livermore Training Center Heliport,
Livermore, CA
code CL85
The FAA uses 'CL85' for Infineon Raceway Pad 1, Sonoma, CA
code CL56
The FAA uses 'CL56' for Ranchaero Airport, Chico, CA
35CA Ident
FAA uses '35CA' for Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center Heliport
re: Great!
Is this your airstrip? I saw what appeared to be a Cessna 170 taking off from that strip a few weeks ago. It was some type of older tail-dragger. Was that yours?
Great!
My favorite strip, and the only reason I keep my plane.
Use with permission only! Not a public airfield!
MINE!
First plane!!
I'm a super big fan of this airport, as I attend university several miles away. Years ago, I discovered this small, remote, unheard of, 1500 foot dirt landing strip while flying around on the Microsoft Flight Simulator. I have never seen any airplane land on this strip, ever! It is quite possibly the loneliest airport, ever! Local residents use the strip as a place to exercise their dogs. In fact, several months back, my family and I had a nice picnic on the runway, which resembles more of a driveway, or an unmaintained dirt road then a designated spot for aircrafts to land. I'd estimate that you could count on your fingers the amount of air traffic that this airport sees every year. Anyways, I was driving back from a run I had in Rancho Del Oso State Park yesterday, when to my amazement, I saw a Cessna 170 taxiing along the runway. I slammed on the breaks, and stopped on the side of the road, to get a glimpse of a plane taking off from an airport I thought I'd never see used for its intended purpose. I have to say, it was AMAZING! This airport is now my favorite airport, by far! When I become a pilot of my own, I'll be this airport's number #1 visitor.
Use
Not for public use. Extreme danger
Hi, I like your layout! Lon mentioned your aeropuerto and
Hi Mr. Beene, I am John Higgins. I have a sgtrong interest in flying, have trained in Cessna's, Avid's, and Quicksilver two-place oh wing. Am interested in a pontonned plane i saw on the water near Crusier Haven. Can't get to it from the road. maybe you could help me jump in! (Just kidding) It looks like a quiksilver fitted with floats. Llike to meet you. John Higgins 925-209-7786 cieloesprit@hotmail.com
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re: Fiddymint field gone!
Reply to @ptomblin: Yes, it's still in the database, but if you look closely at the satellite pic, you can see a network of residential roads starting on the right, then fading out where an older picture of the airport is stitched in. Switch from satellite to map view, and the roads continue right onto the airport property. I think we have to conclude that the FAA record just hasn't been updated yet (nobody bothered to tell them). I'm going to switch the airport to 'closed', at least for now.
re: Fiddymint field gone!
It's still in the 02July09 FAA database.
Fiddymint field gone!
Condo's built over it!
Jim V/Freedom Field
Better
this is really close to my home i like it cause then i dont have to drive far
Fond-ish memories
I remember many evenings spent in LAX terminal 2 in the late 1990s, waiting to catch the red-eye back to Toronto to connect on to Ottawa and get back to my young family. I hear a lot of horror stories about LAX and Air Canada now, but back then, before the merger with Canadian, Air Canada never left me stranded or let me down. I'd fight my way back to LAX from Long Beach through the rush-hour traffic, drop off my rental car, then find a plug, huddle in a safe warm corner, and work on my computer for a few hours, generally grabbing a bite from the Wolfgang Puck franchise restaurant thingy and happy knowing that I was on the first stage of my trip home.
I've been through terminal 2 a few times since, but not for the red-eye. Air Canada still generally leaves on time, but I'm not rushing back to young kids and a tired spouse any more, so it's more leisurely, and the terminal is just another dingy terminal.
French Valley Airport
Great food.
Airports
This is one of the airports I have landed at.
re: Danby Is a Classified Installation
According to the FAA, it belongs to
FOUR CORNERS PIPE LINE CO
5900 CHERRY AVE
LONG BEACH, CA 90805
Phone 310-428-9282
and the manager is
BURTON VOSS
5900 CHERRY AVE
LONG BEACH, CA 90805
Phone 310-428-9282
re: Danby Is a Classified Installation
It's in the FAA data, so it's not very classified.
Danby Is a Classified Installation
I'm not sure you should have this on here.
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Knew it as NAS Los Alimitos
🔗 Fri, 08 Jul 2011
— @SirEbrum at Los Alamitos Army Air Field, United States
Father was stationed here in the mid-late 60's before retiring as a AEC/CPO specializing on the P2V Neptune. Was a very active Naval base in the 60's & 70's, where F4 Phantom's routinely roared out to the Pacific. Runway is large enough to handle the C5A Galaxy from time to time. Once the Army took over it was common for parachuting recruits jumping out of Army Chinook's on a weekly basis. One of the most beautiful Golf courses in O.C., the Naval Golf Course, is south-east of the field and has been around as long as I can remember. I used to caddy there in the mid-70's and fish the small ponds at night with my friends.