Private jets, single-engine aircraft of all varieties - you name it, the jet-setters, the VIPs, the chartered flights - will be landing at smaller air hubs from the South Bay to the San Fernando Valley to the Inland Empire and Orange County as part of a Super Bowl bonanza expected to generate between $234 million and $477 million in economic benefits, including between $12 million and $22 million in regional tax revenue, according to one estimate. That means hundreds more landings and takeoffs at the several Southern California airports - large and small - that dot the region.
14, as high-paying (and high-flying) clientele soar into the region from around the country. And we anticipate it being the busiest it’s ever been,” said Stockton, the founder and president of Advanced Air, which also owns and operates Jet Center Los Angeles.Īviation officials are expecting up to 1,100 more general aviation flights in the region between Feb. We’ve been planning for this for over a year. “This is one of the biggest events in the world. But the Super Bowl is, ahem, a whole new ball game. have always been a source of customers for Stockton’s firm. Hollywood Park and the ubiquity of events and business that draw people to L.A. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) A plane heads toward LAX over SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA, on Tuesday, July 7, 2020.
On this day - a little more than a week before Super Bowl LVI - things are relatively quiet here, save for the occasional thunder of a Gulf Stream taking off or the chop/chop of a small helicopter approaching, as he walked out onto the edge of the small airport’s 4,956-foot -long runway.īut come next week at this time, as the iconic game draws nearer, this place - which has been in business for 17 years - will be buzzing like never before. Just down the street from SoFi Stadium, a stone’s throw from LAX and neighboring rocketbuilder Space X, Levi Stockton stood among a shiny fleet of private jets inside a hangar at Advanced Air, where his company operates private charter flights, among an array of services, at Hawthorne Municipal Airport. For Southern California airports, Super Bowl LVI is a whole new ballgame for air travel Close Menu
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