Wanted: Hangar in Petaluma or Napa

[Joe Zuffoletto]

If I can find a good hangar at one of these airports I'm going to move my Mooney out here. Anyone have any leads? Thanks,

[bonal]

Hi Joe, short term or long term. depending on where your going to be you might also check KSTS

[Joe Zuffoletto]

I'll look into KSTS too. My second home is in Sausalito so I'm trying to stay as close to that as possible.

[bonal]

Then I would look into Gnoss Field in Novato that is closest to Sausalito

[Joe Zuffoletto]

Not a fan of Gnoss. It floods sometimes and they have to relocate their planes. 

[flyboy0681]

33 minutes ago, bonal said:

Then I would look into Gnoss Field in Novato that is closest to Sausalito

I used to fly out of Gnoss when I lived in San Rafael. Nice quiet airport with good facilities and just enough runway length to make me feel comfortable.

[Joe Zuffoletto]

13 minutes ago, flyboy0681 said:

I used to fly out of Gnoss when I lived in San Rafael. Nice quiet airport with good facilities and just enough runway length to make me feel comfortable.

Was flooding ever an issue? Maybe I'll reconsider. I definitely like the location!

[flyboy0681]

Just now, Joe Zuffoletto said:

Was flooding ever an issue? Maybe I'll reconsider. I definitely like the location!

Not that I can ever recall. It's right off of the 101, so it's convenient to get to.

[FlyDave]

Joe,

I don't know of any hangars being vacated soon but contact Bob Patterson http://airnav.com/airport/O69 to find out if anything is open at Petaluma. It's a much nicer airport than Gnoss with an LPV approach (you're gonna need it at night) and a decent restaurant. There's also a nice sense of community there.

Let me know what Bob says,

Dave

[Pritch]

And fuel is on $3.60 at Petaluma right now.

[Joe Zuffoletto]

22 hours ago, FlyDave said:

Joe,

I don't know of any hangars being vacated soon but contact Bob Patterson http://airnav.com/airport/O69 to find out if anything is open at Petaluma. It's a much nicer airport than Gnoss with an LPV approach (you're gonna need it at night) and a decent restaurant. There's also a nice sense of community there.

Let me know what Bob says,

Dave

Dave,

I visited the airport in person today and met Bob Patterson. I added my name to the waiting list and paid the deposit. He allowed me to drive out on the ramp and check out all the hangars. It's exactly what I want. I hope we'll be neighbors soon.

Joe

[bonal]

Sounds like you will be just down the hill. Hope you get a hangar quickly. The 29er diner makes some good eats there at o69

 

[FlyDave]

Joe,

Did Bob give you any idea of time frame for hangars opening up?

Dave

[Joe Zuffoletto]

8-24 months. Where on the field is your hangar?

[FlyDave]

I'm in 17-O (Oscar) east side end hangar facing the office.

I'll check with Bob to see if anything is opening up.

Give me a call when you're in town.

[DaV8or]

Why not check out San Rafael (CA35)? It's a private field with no instrument approaches, but it is the closest to Sausalito by far and it looks like they have a lot of hangars there.

[Joe Zuffoletto]

25 minutes ago, DaV8or said:

Why not check out San Rafael (CA35)? It's a private field with no instrument approaches, but it is the closest to Sausalito by far and it looks like they have a lot of hangars there.

I plan to check it out next time I visit. I understand they recently repaved the runway and built a bunch of new hangars. It was a bit of a dump when I was based in the Bay Area 10 years ago so I didn't consider it, but in light of the recent improvements I'll check it out.

[thinwing]

I don't know about San Rafael...no inst approach and I think it's pretty short for my Bravo...

[bonal]

CA35 still shows as private use not sure what would allow you the access perhaps you would need to be a member to something or other 2100 X 30 feet is pretty tight