Banning Municipal Airport
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Banning Municipal Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is a city-owned airport a mile southeast of Banning, in Riverside County, California.[1]
Facilities
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In the year ending December 31, 2020, the airport had 5,495 general aviation operations, an average of 105 per week. In December 2021, 16 aircraft were then based at the airport; 13 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.[1]
History
In 2024, the city of Banning started the process of closing the airport due to the airport being financially unviable[2]
Incidents
On August 6, 2023, during the 2023 California wildfire season, two firefighting helicopters crashed into each other in Cabazon, California, near Banning Airport, having taken off from Hemet-Ryan Airport about fifteen minutes earlier.[3]
References
External links
- Aerial image as of 28 May 2002 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BNG
- AirNav airport information for BNG
- ASN accident history for BNG
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for BNG
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