[Orange_County_KSNA]

California Only. Terminal Only.

Orange County was my primary choice.
Action packed airport that has a lot of challenges and a great ATC staff. I've grown up at this airport. Airliners, bizjets, cessnas, helos and warbirds mix it up all day long. Future home of the Orange Co. Warbird Museum. Nearly 600 aircraft based at the field. Shortest commercial jet runway in the USA (5,701 x 150). Imagine a FedEx A300 landing here - it happens every weekday afternoon. The famous John Wayne takeoff (Musel Six / Channel One departure) - max climb to 800 ft msl, abrupt level off, pull back the power to 75% for noise restrictions. Sunrise Aviation - one of the best flight schools in the wesern US. An expert ATC staff who have won awards for consecutive "incident free" years. A wide range of aircraft all crammed into 500 acres on two very short parallel runways. Action packed and a challenge.