State: | California |
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Address: | 400 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael, CA 94903 |
Zip code: | 94903 |
Phone: | (415) 472-7700 |
Website: | https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/airport-recreational-facility/ |
Great
Small airport not big liners from here
I'm currently sharing a hangar here. It's a pretty sweet place. Some of the hangars are full of exotic cars, or boats, but there are also some light twins, two Cessnas on amphibious floats, several Pilatus, a TBM 700, a Cirrus jet and a half-dozen SR22s, and a few experimentals. It's not particularly busy, and at night it's positively dead, and you can hear the night birds, and conversations from the residences nearby. Nice pilot lounge. The current owner is putting money into it (upgrading the hangars) which may squeeze me out. The winds are less challenging than Gnoss, although most takeoffs (towards the bay) are with a tailwind. Voluntary noise abatement procedures work so well that a friend with a shop 3/4 of a mile away did not even know this airport existed.
If you own, or are thinking about owning, a upper end private plane, you could do worse than base here. 24 hr fuel, maintenance available on field, and if the Cirrus Jet can operate out of here, any high performance single or light twin can too. Less fog/overcast than OAK or HWD or SQL, but it's VFR only.
As a plane spotter I like having a airport neee my home
I walk my dog there, and watch planes take off, very seine place.
The phone number for San Rafael Airport is (415) 472-7700.
San Rafael Airport is located at 400 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael, CA 94903
The website (URL) for San Rafael Airport is: https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/airport-recreational-facility/