NAPA COUNTY, CA

Napa County Airport (APC) is a medium sized, primarily corporate and general aviation airport located between the cities of Vallejo and Napa in northern California. This location makes it an attractive destination for pilots visiting the famous Napa Valley wine country. Traffic consists of everything from experimental home-built aircraft all the way to large corporate jets. The runway configuration consists of one set of parallel runways with staggered thresholds as well as another runway. The taxiway system provides access to the services, hangars, and businesses on the east and southeast sides of the airport. As with other airports with parallel runways and staggered thresholds, the possibility for wrong runway landings and departures exists at Napa. The surrounding terrain can be challenging as well. This video prepares pilots for hot spots, challenges and runway configuration details at APC.

The FAA's From the Flight Deck video series uses cockpit-mounted cameras to capture runway and taxiway footage and combines them with diagrams and visual graphics to clearly identify hot spots and other safety-sensitive items. Learn more at https://www.faa.gov/go/FromTheFlightDeck

Visit https://www.faa.gov/apc for supplemental "pilot handbook" information on this airport including airport-specific cautions, information local controllers want pilots to know, airport communications, airspace details and other preflight planning resources.

This video is informational only and does not replace the pilot’s responsibility to conduct required pre-flight planning in accordance with FAR 91.103.

Flew the 152 to Napa to practice flying into a towered airfield. I watched a Gulfstream G650 depart and a Bombardier Global Express arrive during my short stay at the airport. Temperature was much cooler than Tracy at the time at 70°F/21°C too.

KTCY - KAPC
Cessna 152
GoPro Hero 3+, Samsung Note 9

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The original World War II-era runways at the Napa County Airport were ready for renovation. The project involved the rehabilitation of three separate runways at the airport. Check out the drone footage of our work.

Learn more about this project: https://meadhunt.com/project/napa-county-airport/

The Napa County Airport's Ground Transportation Driver Training Course