McClellan-Palomar Airport

McClellan-Palomar Airport to offer commercial flight destinations including Sacramento, San Jose, Oakland, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Cabo San Lucas. Kansas City, Missouri. Salt Lake City and Houston are also scheduled for future availability.

Most individuals dream of retiring at the age of 60 to 65. However, there are some enthusiastic visionaries that continue their dreaming and work ethic later in life with the ability to change the future and the lives of those around them. Carlsbad entrepreneur Ted Vallas falls into the visionary category, affecting the lives of not only those he knows but future travelers in San Diego as well.

In 2012, San Diegans and other neighboring residents will soon have the opportunity of flying out of Carlsbad’s McClellan-Palomar Airport, with even a weekend direct flight to Cabo San Lucas. With only 3 percent of this airport’s use being employed for commercial aviation, this will increase residents’ choices and conveniences in airline travel and private aviation.

Originally chosen to replace the Del Mar airport in 1959, McClellan-Palomar Airport is one of the busiest single runways in the U.S., with approximately 200,000 annual operations – according to Loudairport.com. Currently, McClellan-Palomar Airport is mainly utilized for privately funded aviation, including general aviation and flight school opportunities open to the public. Many private jet companies capitalize on the airport’s excellent location, including the well know Schubach Aviation Company.

But thanks to Ted Vallas and his visionary force in the aviation world, local residents that cannot afford to charter a flight will now have the option of – at the end of 2011 – flying to various commercial destinations out of Carlsbad. California Pacific Airlines intends to add six routes, which include Sacramento, San Jose, Oakland, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Cabo San Lucas.

McClellan-Palomar Airport’s General Manager, Willie Vasquez sees this expansion as a positive one for local residents. "In terms of commercial aviation, it will put some good use to our terminal. Right now we only have one to Los Angeles. This will give North County residents the opportunity to fly to more destinations, including Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Those flights will be offered starting only on the weekends." Vasquez also explained that the airport has been receiving quite a few calls with interest in when this will be happening, asking "Are they ready to go, yet?"

Within five years, California Pacific Airlines’ plan is to expand these destinations to at least 10 cities that will reach into the Midwest area, including Kansas City, Missouri, Salt Lake City, and Houston – offering residents the luxury of access to more destinations and the convenience of a closer airport. According to CPA, "The new California Pacific Airlines is the long-held dream of North County entrepreneur, Ted Vallas, who began his business career in the 1950s."

For some of us, dreaming is merely a thought or a fantasy. But for Ted Vallas and the Carlsbad community, dreaming can be the expansion of a vision soon to be realized not only by Mr. Vallas, but for travelers flying to Cabo from North County on a sunny Saturday morning without the hectic commute through downtown San Diego or even across the border. Apparently convenient, air travel just reached new heights.

California Pacific Airlines

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