SW Section Chapters

Meetings: Our monthly meeting is usually held the second Tuesday of the month. Members will be notified of the location.

Meetings:  11 a.m., the 3rd Saturday of each month at various locations. Members will be notified of meeting locations by chapter chairman.

Meetings: Fourth Monday of each month at various places. Biggest activity is the Hayward Proficiency Air Race. Major airport: Hayward Air Terminal

Meetings: Meetings: Third Monday of each month. No meeting in July or August. Major airport(s): Fox Field (Lancaster), Rosamond Skypark, Mojave, Cal City, Lone Pine, Woodlake, and Inyokern

Meetings: Fly-In lunch event every other month, Third week every other month dinner meeting at 6pm at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Bakersfield. Email for more info. Major airport(s): Bakersfield: Meadows Field (Tower) Bakersfield Municipal Airport (Non tower), Taft Airport, Shafter: Minter Field, Fresno Yosemite Intl (Tower), Tehachapi Muni, Kernville/Kern, Valley (Lake Isabella)

Meetings: 3rd Thursday of every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November). Major airport(s): Oakland, Hayward, San Francisco, San Carlos, Palo Alto, Novato, Schellville, Concord, Napa, Livermore, San Jose, Reid Hillview, and Half Moon Bay

Meetings: September thru May, 3rd Saturday of the month, 11:30 AM. Meeting Place determined and announced monthly. No meetings in June, July, August. For more information, please contact Barb Stanford. Major airport(s): Palm Springs and Bermuda Dunes and Jacquiline Cochran.

Meetings: Various places. Meetings are third Tuesday of each month. Also fly-outs, dinners, or field trips. Major airport(s): Palomar, Fallbrook, French Valley, Hemet and Oceanside.

Meetings: Fourth Wednesday of each month, 7:00pm, Fullerton Airport at Air Combat USA, 3815 W. Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92833. Major airport(s): Fullerton and Brackett

Meetings: Second Wednesday of each month, 7:00pm. The meeting location rotates among members’ homes. Major airport(s): Imperial County, Brawley, and Calexico

Meetings: One meeting each month. Date, time, and location vary. Major airport(s): North Lake Tahoe, Truckee and Sierraville

Meetings: Second Wednesday of each month, alternating between Long Beach Airport (AirFlite) and Torrance Airport (location announced in newsletter.) June and December are potluck dinners, usually at a member’s hanger at Torrance Airport or home. Hanger flying 6:30pm, meeting 7:00pm Major airport(s): Torrance, Long Beach, Camarillo, Santa Paula, Compton, Santa Monica

Meetings: First Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM, at Proteus (at Santa Monica Airport) AND in-person fly-ins scheduled for third (3rd) Sunday of each month. Major airport(s): KSMO – Santa Monica Municipal

Area: CA – San Francisco, Marin, and southern Sonoma County Meetings: Once each quarter Major airport(s): Gnoss, Napa, and Petaluma

Area: CA – Monterey, Salinas, Carmel, Watsonville, Capitola, Aptos, Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, Meetings: Third Wednesday of each month, Watsonville Airport, EAA Building, 7:00pm Major airport(s): Monterey, Salinas, Marina, Watsonville

Area: CA – Northern CA – Redding, Red Bluff, Chico, Weaverville, Yreka, Hayfork, Trinity Center, Orland, Corning. Meetings: Second Saturday of each month, 9:30am, meet at EAA Quonset at Benton Airpark, Redding. Flyouts to follow – weather permitting! Major airport(s): Redding Municipal, Benton Airpark, Red Bluff, Weaverville, Yreka

Area: CA – Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Mission Viejo, San Clemente, Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Orange, and Irvine. Meetings: Second Wednesday of each month, 7:00pm, location varies depending on the program, usually near the John Wayne Airport. Major airport(s): John Wayne Airport

Area: CA – Rancho Santa Fe, Carlsbad Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month, 7:00pm, Mission West Executive Aircraft Center, Palomar Airport; unless otherwise posted at the airport or on the chapter Web site. Major airport(s): Palomar (CRQ)

Area: CA – Auburn, Roseville, Nevada City, Grass Valley, Loomis, Rocklin, Lincoln Meetings: Second Saturday of every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November): 10:30a With COVID-19, the location is TBS per meeting Please contact Tammy Meredith at kittycaver@icloud.com / 530-878-6999 for meeting details. Major airport(s): Auburn, Nevada County, Lincoln

Area: CA – Eureka, Arcata Meetings: Meetings are held at various restaurants between Eureka and Arcata. Please contact the chapter for our next meeting. Major airport(s): Eureka, Arcata

Area: CA – Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpenteria, Montecito, Lompoc, Buellton, Santa Ynez, Ventura Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month, 6pm at the Pilot Visitor’s Center at Santa Barbara Airport (SBA). Occasionally dinner meetings and field trips replace the regular meeting place. Major airport(s): Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez

Area: CA – Palo Alto, Santa Clara, San Jose Meetings: Third Thursday of each month, Advantage Aviation at Palo Alto airport (PAO) (formerly Palo Alto Flying Club), 7:00 PM, come at 6:30 for hangar flying. Major airport(s): San Jose, Palo Alto, Reid-Hillview, San Carlos, Hollister

Area: CA – Santa Maria, Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Ynez Meetings: Fourth Wednesday of each month, 7:00pm, meetings rotate among member’s homes. Major airport(s): Santa Maria, Lompoc, Santa Ynez

Area: CA – Santa Rosa, Petaluma Meetings: Second Thursday of every month at 7:00pm, 575 W. College Ave, Santa Rosa Major airport(s): Petaluma, Healdsburg, Cloverdale, Lampson and Ukiah airports

Area: CA – Yuba, Sutter, Butte, Nevada Counties Meetings: Saturdays at noon in even numbered months, locations alternating among the areas where our members live. Major airport(s): Yuba County (Marysville, MYV), Sutter County (Yuba City, 052) and Nevada County (Grass Valley, GOO).

Area: CA – Greater Ventura County, Malibu, and Agoura Meetings: Third Tuesday of the month, 5:30pm dinner, 6:30 meeting and speaker. See VC99s.com for details. On the second Saturday at 9 a.m., “social” breakfast various restaurants in Ventura County. Major airport(s): Camarillo, Oxnard, Point Mugu Navy Base, and Santa Paula