Baja Runways from Space-Part 3: Ensenada to Laguna Chapala

Part 1 covered the San Felipe region south to the Bahia de los Angeles region. http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=43077

Part 2 covered the rest of the state of Baja California from the L.A. Bay highway junction with Mex. 1 and south to the state border. http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=44822

Part 3 covers Ensenada to Laguna Chapala, north to south.

NOTE: MANY of the runways shown here are closed/ abandoned/ ditched... consult with the Baja Bush Pilots for current details. Most of these airports have been illustrated in Arnold Senterfitt's 'Airports of Baja California' and Galen Hanselman's 'Air Baja!' Shown here for historic interest...

Ensenada:



La Grulla Gun Club/ Punta Banda:



Ojos Negros/ Real de Castillo:



Punta China/ Puerto Santo Tomas:



El Alamo:



Mision Santa Catalina:



Valle de Trinidad/ Colonia Lazaro Card##as:



Mike's Sky Rancho (North):



Mike's Sky Rancho South (Los Encinos):



Meling Ranch/ Rancho San Jose:



Hamilton Ranch:



El Buen Pastor/ Baptist Mission:



Rancho Valladolid:



San Quintin Military:



Campo Lorenzo (next door to Old Mill):



Pedregal (across the bay from Campo Lorenzo):



Cielito Lindo:



Los Pinos:



El Socorro:



El Rosario Mesa (location of Diamante del Mar concrete runway):



El Arenoso (Los Martires jcn.):



Guayaquil (located on old main road, see new highway built to the south):



El Marmol:



Punta San Carlos:



Rancho Santa Ynez:



Laguna Chapala:



There are more, including crop duster runways in farm areas... If you would like to see a runway not included above, let me know!





[Edited on 3-19-2010 by David K]

you missed one

use at your own risk.

That is a great one Woody. One of the old-timers in Bahia Asuncion told us that back in about 1948, before there was a town, fishermen would travel to Bahia Asuncion for the Lobster and Abalone.

Then there was a woman named Diana from San Diego who would fly in during low tide. They would light up the beach and she would land on the hard sand and then leave with A LOT of product. He said it was great and she was famous.

It is one of those stories that may, or may not be all true, but fun to listen to just the same.

That would be an airstrip that would not show anywhere.

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Originally posted by DianaT Quote: Originally posted by woody in ob use at your own risk. That is a great one Woody. One of the old-timers in Bahia Asuncion told us that back in about 1948, before there was a town, fishermen would travel to Bahia Asuncion for the Lobster and Abalone. Then there was a woman named Diana from San Diego who would fly in during low tide. They would light up the beach and she would land on the hard sand and then leave with A LOT of product. He said it was great and she was famous. It is one of those stories that may, or may not be all true, but fun to listen to just the same. That would be an airstrip that would not show anywhere.

i do not know Baxter but Beercan probably does.

bob H - it is very simple - land, if you are alive and the plane is not totaled, then the strip is probably ok.

if you are dead and the plane is totaled, then that airstrip you take off your list of good ones!!

and a low slow fly by is always a good thing if you were not able to get recent reports from others on condition. a very good reason to be a BBP member.
pilots report after most trips like on here...excepting no one on that forum does the attack or political modes, strictly verboten or you get kicked off!!! we are all very gentlemen like over there, like in those 40s movies.

Quote: Originally posted by BigBearRider

I've been drooling over my old Senterfitt's guide for the last few days looking at old airports.

Disclaimer: I love trailer trash.

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Now, now fishbuck... just relax... it will all be okay... Heck, you can drive to Gonzaga Bay on a paved highway now!!! Talk about horror of horrors!! It would be great if Porky Pig posted here to give us an update on their airstrip and any other Cielito Lindo news.

Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck

This is literally killing me. I will now not be able to focus on building the most complex flying machines ever built by man here at the Boeing factory. David how do you expect me to build a over 200 foot long airplane down to the .001" if you keep distracting and making me want to fly to the middle of no where for no good reason other than there being a runway that I want land on. You're killing me here! I will cry if Cielito Lindo closes. Even though I have my own runway I NEED Cielito Lindo... for my soul... It is sad to see it neglected but I don't imagine the trailer trash that inhabits the area these days does much flying... except maybe at Happy Hour. What in the heck happened?