Callifornia Pitts Fly-In 2025
Celebrating 80 Years of Pitts!
In 2025 we celebrate 80 years of everybody's favorite aerobatic biplane.
October 10-12, 2025 at Columbia Airport in Columbia, CA
Updated Info Below
Info for pilots and more info below.
Let us know you're coming!
Send a text or email to let us know you're coming and how many people so we can adequately prepare. This is a must register event! If you do not preregister, we might not be able to accommodate you and you might be turned away! Remember, this is not a public event, this is a private event!
(209)651-O632 or JakesAirRepair @gmail(dot)com
Registration Closes 10/9/2025
Volunteers NEEDED
We will be asking attendees to pick from a variety of volunteer positionS to help make this event run smoothly. Please consider taking more than one volunteer role to help make this a success!
Pitts Fly-In Info
Pilot Info
Columbia Airport, O22
CTAF 122.75
AWOS 124.65
Look for someone to guide you. They may or may not exist depending on available volunteers.
Runways
Runway 17/35 is paved and plenty long.
Runway 29 is the grass. it is in good shape and is safe for a Pitts with wheel pants. The runway will be mowed tight on Wednesday beforehand.
If landing on the grass, look for someone to flag you in.
Taxi Instructions
If landing on the pavement 17/35, you can take the crude taxiway that is on the north side of the grass runway to the campground but be advised it is loose asphalt. Suggestion would be to taxi in the dirt next to the crushed asphalt "taxiway" to the parking areas.
OR
You can take the taxiway that parallels the grass runway on the south side. You can taxi past the hangars on your left, and once clear (dont blast hangars!) you can taxi across the grass runway to parking.
OR
There will be Pitts parking in front of the old looking hangars along the south side of the grass runway for those that don't want to taxi off pavement.
Parking
Parking for a Pitts is in the red areas show on the image. Non Pitts airplanes can park north of the grass runway but east of the campground service road.
Boring airplanes can also park on the paved ramp east of runway 17/35.
Tie Downs
There are no tie downs on the west side of the airport. Only tie downs are on the ramp. Bring your own tie downs. There is almost never significant winds at O22. O22 is in a protected "bowl" and rarely gets dangerous winds. Airplanes are frequently left outside not tied down.
Camping
Overnight Fee is $10/Night payable to the airport. QR code for online payment of cash into the iron ranger.
There are picnic tables, fire pits and a nice bathroom / shower building.
WX
Potential light rain. There is no overnight hangar space available at O22.
Hangars
There is no overnight hangar space available at O22.
Autos
This is a fly-in event. Few have made prior arrangements for drive in. Drive ins are not available day of.
Schedule
- Friday Oct 10
- All Day, Arrivals
- Approx 6PM, Dinner
- After Dinner, Balloon Glow Up
- Saturday Oct 11
- 9:00 AM Breakfast
- 1:00 PM Lunch
- 2:00 PM Guest Speakers & Presenters (TBD)
- 6:00 PM Dinner
- 7:30 PM Movie Night Cloud Dancer
- 9:00 PM Onward, Hangar Party
- Sunday Oct 12
- All Day, Departures
