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Landing at
Porterville
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Final Runway 30 at Porterville
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Best time of the year to go? |
All year but the Valley will
often be foggy in the winter. |
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Flight time in a Super Viking from KAJO? |
1.1 |
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Food on the airport? |
Yes, pretty good food too
with a view of the airport. |
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Fuel on airport? |
Yes, typically a little less
than average price. |
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Comments about arriving and departing |
Because of it location a lot
of fly-ins happen here. Can get busy on the weekend. |
Rate this trip
10 being best, 5 being average. |
7.0 Good food, reasonable
fuel, average view while eating, average airport. |
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Good Stop for Fuel
and Food! |
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There is not much happening in Porterville but
it's a good fuel and food stop. The restaurant changed hands
recently but the quality of the food is still the same, very good.
Right next to the Airway Cafe' is a grassy area where they seem to
allow camping. I've never noticed any camping bathrooms or showers
other than the bathroom in the terminal. I've also seen people
picnic in the grassy area. There is a second video shot departing
Porterville for Corona here.
Plenty of transit parking right in front of
the Airway Cafe'. It's pretty common
to stop here and see a group having a fly in. Why Porterville? It's
half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles
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Pictures of
our trip to Porterville ! |
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Click on thumbnails below for larger
picture.
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This picture was taken 25 miles north
east of Bakersfield which put the Channel Islands over 100
miles away. |
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The building in the center of the
photograph with the glass is the terminal. The part of the
terminal with the overhang is the Airway Cafe. |
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Only in California will you see green
crops within 50 miles of snow. |
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A storm had passed though SoCal the
night before. |
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Background is the Mojave Desert. The
dry lake bed (light area) is Edwards AFB. |
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I just liked this picture. |
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Ducking under the layer for the last
15 miles to Porterville Airport |
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Bakersfield, off the left wing, is
reporting clear and 7 miles. |
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Windmills around Tehachapi.
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