California Express Fleet    
   

  Welcome to California Express! California Express is a subsidiary of California Airlines designed to meet the traveling needs of our customers within the central Colorado area (Aspen Express), and central European areas (Highland Express).

Aspen Express is based in Glenwood Springs Colorado (KGWS) and serves Aspen Pitin County (KASE), Eagle County Regional(KEGE), Garfield County Regional (KRIL), Lake County (KLXV), Gunnison County (KGUC), Steamboat Springs (KSBS), and Stevens Field (KPSO) located in Pagosa Springs.


Highland Express is based in Salzburg LOWS and serves Austria, Italy, France, and Switzerland.

If you are looking for some challenging, shorter flights in the mountains in questionable weather, then California Express is looking for you!! High-altitude mountain flying has always been one of the more dangerous activities GA aircraft undertake each year. Winds are usually fairly high at higher altitudes, particularly following a large weather system, The wind then funnels through mountain valleys, spills through the passes' cracks and crevices, and mixes with winds from other valleys and winds coming over the mountains. This can lead to a lot of disturbed air, and some serious turbulence. To make flying more challenging, density altitude must also be factored in. High density altitude leads to decreased aircraft performance, especially during hot summer days. Density altitude is a way of factoring heat, barometric pressure (and, for absolute accuracy, humidity) and elevation to determine an equivalent altitude that, at on an atmospheric standard day, would provide similar conditions. For instance, on a hot summer day, a 5,000 foot elevation could very well cause the aircraft to perform much the same as if it were flying at 8,000 feet.



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Bombardier DHC-8-300
MTOW 43,000 lbs
MLW 42,000 lbs
Vmo/Mmo 285 IAS
Max Range 1,010 miles
Max Operating Altitude FL250
ICAO DH8C

Beechcraft King Air 200
MTOW 12,500 lbs
MLW 12,500 lbs
Vmo/Mmo 329 IAS
Max Range 1,677 miles
Max Operating Altitude FL350
ICAO BE20

Piper PA-31-325 Navajo
MTOW 6,500 lbs
MLW 6,500 lbs
Vmo/Mmo 227 IAS
Max Range 1,011 miles
Max Operating Altitude FL260
ICAO PA31

Pilatus PC-12 /45
MTOW 9,921 lbs
MLW 9,921 lbs
Vmo/Mmo 270 IAS
Max Range 1,513 miles
Max Operating Altitude FL300
ICAO PC12