Best 20 Airports in California -

Challenging
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Shortest - Carmel Valley (O62)	Tight canyon, upscale food nearby
Gustiest - Ocean Ridge (Q69)	Trees close, shadowy runway end, uphill
Grassiest - Borges (C14)	Tree on short final, one-way in and out
Narrowest - Brownsville (Q21)	Trees close, gravel taxiway and rwy
Shortest Lighted - Oceano (L52)	Narrow, no VASI, no runover room, ouch

Fun
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$100 Steak - Harris Ranch (3O8)	Food and resort, narrow lighted runway	
Best Bar - Santa Barbara (SBA)	Elephant Bar, great fun, nice town
Picnic - Frazier Lake (1C9)	Bring the dogs and frisbee, grass runway
Island - Catalina (AVX)		Landing fee, shuttle downtown, day only
Lowest - Furnace Creek (L06)	Camping, resort, golf, very hot summers

Mountain
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Turbulent - Big Bear (L35)	Very turbulent eastward, shear on final
Roughest - Gravely Valley (1Q5)	Big sharp stones, mountain off rwy end
Downdraft - Alpine (Q82)	Camping, 2000 fpm downdraft on final 34
Rotors - Truckee (TRK)		Skiing, fly gliders or camp at Minden
Highest - Mammoth (MMH)		Landing fee, long runway, gusty, skiing

For Pilots
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Gliders - Mountain Valley (L94)	Camping, long gravel runways, cheap
Big Untowered - Castle (MER)	Air museum, long runway for fun
Plane Graveyard - Mohave (MHV)	Lots of mothballed airliners
Fuel Stop - Apple Valley (APV)	Cross rwy closed nights, halfway stop
Snowed In - Blue Canyon (BLU)	The most closed runway in CA, scenic