| Banning Municipal Airport | |
| Iata: | BNG |
| Icao: | KBNG |
| Faa: | BNG |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Banning |
| City-Served: | Banning, California |
| Elevation-F: | 2,222 |
| Coordinates: | 33.9225°N -116.8506°W |
| R1-Number: | 8/26 |
| R1-Length-F: | 4,955 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (2020) |
| Stat1-Data: | 5,495 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft (2021) |
| Stat2-Data: | 16 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Banning Municipal Airport is a city-owned airport a mile southeast of Banning, in Riverside County, California.
The airport covers 141acres at an elevation of 2,222 feet (677 m). Its one runway, 8/26, is 4,955 by 100 feet (1,510 x 30 m) asphalt.
In the year ending December 31, 2020, the airport had 5,495 general aviation operations, an average of 105 per week. In December 2021, 16 aircraft were then based at the airport; 13 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.
In 2024, the city of Banning started the process of closing the airport due to the airport being financially unviable[2]
On August 6, 2023, during the 2023 California wildfire season, two firefighting helicopters crashed into each other in Cabazon, California, near Banning Airport, having taken off from Hemet-Ryan Airport about fifteen minutes earlier.[3]