By Bob Walsh
The Stockton Municipal Airport
has just been rated as the crappiest medium size airport in the country
when it comes to flights that arrive and depart more or less on time
without too much bullshit.
The
physical facility itself is not bad. It is an old AAF training
facility from WW II and the runways are good. The terminal is decent.
There is only one airline that flies commercial out of there, that is
Allegiant. Parking is very convenient and cheap. The volume of traffic
is relatively low, the airport does a lot more general aviation than it
does commercial. But still 44% of their flights have either
significant delays or cancellations. They fly mostly between Stockton
and LA with now some traffic now between Phoenix too. A while back they
tried to get flights between Stockton and Mexico but they couldn't get
that up and running.
I have
flown in and out of Stockton twice. It was OK, to a union thing in
Vegas that was set up well in advance. I recently tried to set up a
flight same-day and just couldn't make it happen because their computer
couldn't make up its mind if the flight was a go or not and talking to
an actual human to book a flight was impossible thru Allegiant. The
wait time kept creeping UP from 20 minutes to 2 hours plus. I ended up
not going.
Another minor but well-deserved black eye for the crime-ridden and gang-infested metropolis of Stockton.
1 comment:
In 2000 I flew armed to Austin for a meeting. I filled out the paperwork and supplied my credentials. The Captain reviewed the paper work and had me meet a Border Patrol Agent who was on the same flight. We both sat in designated seats.
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