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I flew here often in Petaluma. It's my favorite practice airport --- if I have not flown for awhile, I land here to brush up pattern work, do some touch and goes, and brush up radio communications. At times, I also land here to check on the plane airworthiness before going for a long cross country trip. And at times, I land here just because the scenery is great above the Sonama Valley and it's a short hop from my base airport. However, at times, this could be a very busy non-towered airport. This is a popular stopover after a bay tour for planes coming from south of San Francisco, or from the Oregon area before heading towards San Francisco. It has everything for a typical stopover airport --- a maintenance shop, a popular airport diner, and typically lower avgas from nearby class D airports. And it now has an AWOS at 132.325 since at times, visibility could be low due to marine layer from the coast. |
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The Petaluma airport building. Inside is the airport office, a restroom, flight planning computer, and vending machine. |
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This is where most of the activity is going on in Petaluma airport. It houses the flight school, the maintenance shop, and a popular airport diner. |
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The airport diner, Two Niner Diner, is aviation themed inside. |
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The diner serves great diner type food --- burgers, sandwiches, shakes and malts; for hungry avaitors, those fills the spot. It's also popular among the locals. It only serves breakfast and lunch; closes at 3pm, and not open on Mondays. |  |
The outdoor patio of Two Niner Diner overlooking the ramp. |
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And the ramp can be busy at times, particularly on weekends with clear skies. |
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