Thursday, November 30, 2023

STOCKTON GETS ANOTHER "WIN"

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:

Anonymous said...

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.