Executive Airport

My life as user/​tenant at Sac Exec has been short. However, I have already witnessed a very unpleasant incident in which security was nowhere to be seen and general property compromised. My airplane has just been vandalized. Nobody seems to care about the need to keep the premises secure. As if that were not enough, rent for use of space and price of gas is considerably high.
There is a lot of work to be done to give users the service they deserve. And I personally demand an answer to my problem. I’m filing a police report. I need my plane repaired before it’s stolen/​ripped apart.
Martin Lozano.

Great place very clean, great customer service and amazing breakfast. Love watching the planes come and go. Great place to stop in after a flight.

I attended a conference at the Aviator restaurant, so I won’t be able to provide an adequate review about the quality and service of the restaurant.
I will say that each person paid $ 18 for the lunch buffet, which looked like it came from a bachelor’s freezer of random finger foods, such as mini hot dogs drenched in BBQ sauce, chicken nuggets, egg rolls, and cookies. No rhyme or reason of what was served. Hence the one-​star. I certainly would not consider this place for my personal venue.
But I didn’t go there to eat. I went there to learn. The seminar itself was 5 stars, but that had nothing to do with the airport. The host happened to be a pilot, which is why we were there.
This is a private airport in Sacramento. And apparently, you can learn to fly there, which is actually something I may want to do in the future.

This airport is for smaller planes and is sooooooo clean bathrooms and there food is amazing! Great prices and the staff is very fast and our order is always right we have three kids and they love coming here and eating plus watching the planes fly in and out while they eat!

Another fine example of the great municipal airports in our fine state. Couple of miles from the house, I can leave home twenty minutes before the pilot picks me up, walk out of the car, through the airport and straight to my awaiting plane. Love, love, love this.

Nice Local Mid-​Size Airport Promoting Local Flight Training
SITREP
This airport provides one of the few remaining flight training ground schools that is available in Northern California.
SETUP
I got my private pilot’s license in Gaithersburg, MD at an airport similar to this one. But over the years, I’ve needed some refresher courses, not just to keep flight skills, but also try to stay on top of all the new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations that have been passed.
There was in fact a whole slew of new regulations restricting flight movement after 9/​11, so it takes a place like this, and an outfit like Executive Flyers — the local flight training school based at this airport — to help provide the flight training, the regulation instructions, and the aircraft rentals.
AIRCRAFT
The fleets of small aircraft kept at Sacramento Executive Airport are well-​equipped and professionally maintained — on-​sight flight mechanic stations reside at this airport.
I love that the same planes I was trained on back in Maryland — the various models of Cessnas & Pipers — are available here for rental as well.
RATES
It isn’t cheap to maintain your pilot license, but it is worth it to keep your skills maintained. Current flight rates are available for the aircraft I am familiar with (Hourly Club Aircraft Rental Rates — non-​club rates are $ 10 additional per hour):

* Cessna 172 Classic — $ 118/​hr
* Cessna 172 SP — $ 161/​hr
* Cessna 182 G1000 — $ 210/​hr
* Piper PA-28−161 Warrior — $ 118/​hr
THE LOWDOWN
A great local airport to learn to fly, and maintain your piloting skills.

A small airport with clean bathrooms, vending machines, large lounge, Aviator’s Restaurant, and a viewing area. My toddler loves to stand in the viewing area to see the air planes land and take off. It’s usually nice and breezy weather, and never busy. A peaceful and relaxing environment!

Nice GA airport overall. I’d only complain that the tower can be kind of stingy with runway selection when winds are calm and no one else is in the pattern. Free wifi in the terminal– when it works.

nice waiting area
adequate vending machines
pilot’s lounge
Aviator’s Restaurant located inside — see separate review