Amidst all the rain, snow and generally bad weather that’s gripped both North America and Europe, thousands of people have been stranded at airports overnight, sleeping on floors and forced to wait out the bad weather just to fly to their destination.
But what if you had your own airplane and a runway right outside your door? That’s exactly the case for a small town in northern California.
At the Airpark community in Cameron, CA, 88 homes sit nestled right next to an airport runway, a long stretch of gray tarmac covering a huge area, where, cars, kids toys and bikes are just as usual a sight as an airplane is. Over half of the residents are pilots or families of pilots, and the tightly-knit community boasts a runway that is used primarily for commercial purposes and is approximately 4000 feet long.
Street names along the runway are cheekily named “Boeing Road,” or “Lockheed Drive,” in reference to their small town’s unique nature.
The airpark’s residents usually use their planes for both work and play, often visiting family members across the country, travelling for work, or even taking off just to grab some fast food in neighboring Nevada!
As one resident said, “For most people, living next to an airport is a noisy, unpleasant existence. For the people of Cameron Park, it is the realization of a cherished dream.”
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