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This list is from the California Pilot’s Association website, dated Jan. 14, 2008. It shows an alarming trend of airport closures throughout California. Since 1990, we have lost 25 airports. This represents an irreparable loss to the state’s aviation infrastructure. If there was any doubt about the threat to general aviation in our State, this list put’s that doubt to rest.
Airport County Year Closed
Alta Airport Tulare 1994
Antioch Airport Contra Costa 1990
Atwater Airport Merced 1994
Bear Creek Airport Riverside 1998
Borges-Clarksburg Yolo 1998
Calistoga Airpark Napa 1990
Carmel Valley Vintage Airport Monterey 2002
Eagleville Modoc 2002
Enterprise Skypark Shasta 1994
Gallaher Airport Tulare 1994
Green Acres Airport Tulare 1992
Holtville Airport Imperial 2002
Meadowlark Airport Orange 1990
Natomas Airport Sacramento 2002
Pearce Field Airport Lake 1994
Pixley Tulare 1998
Rancho California Riverside 1990
Redding Sky Ranch Airport Shasta 1994
Rio Bravo Airport Kern 2002
San Ardo Airport Monterey 1994
Santa Rosa Air Center Sonoma 1992
Shannon Airport Trinity 1990
Shingletown Shasta 2002
Sun Hill Ranch Airport San Bernardino 2002
Vacaville Gliderport Solano 1990
This information is attributed to Caltrans, the department of aeronautics.
I wonder…. if it was 25 highways closed since 1990, would we be so complacent? Would there be more than the local pilot’s outcry against the pending closure of Rialto by 2010? Our airports are vanishing and bit-by-bit the ability of the average person to fly is being eroded away.
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Filed under: Airport Closures in California, California Aviation
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