Travis AFB

1Runway 03L/21R and Ramp

Driving on Highway 12, take a left at Branscombe Road and drive towards the end. Park your car on the south side of the road and position yourself. Here you have a good view onto runway 03L/21R operations and you can take shots with around 200mm onto the runway while using a small step or the back of your pickup truck. You also have a good view onto the ramp and, depending on heatwaves you can read the numbers of the parked aircraft. For more registrations, just move along Creek Road to have a good view onto the parked aircraft with a 50x viewer.

2Runway 03R/21L and Ramp

Driving from spot 1 on Creek Road, you will notice a road to the left towards the south ramp area. Here a stored C-5A 70-0451 is parked for future use in the museum. This road could be gated and locked. In that case walk the road towards the end to have a look onto the eastern ramp. This is best in the morning due to the angle.

3Landing Runway 21L

When leaving Interstate 80 and driving on Highway 12, take a left at Walters Road, take a right at Air Base Parkway, take a left at Peabody Road onto Vanden Road. Follow this road towards the east and take a right at Cannon Road. Take the next right, next left, next right and next right to end up at Hay Road. Follow this road to take a right at Box R Ranch Road. Follow this to the end, park your car sensibly to have a view onto the landing traffic. Best in the afternoons.

4Travis AFB Aviation Museum

On the base you will find the Travis AFB Aviation Museum. This is a large museum with many aircraft. As this museum is on the base, you will have to follow Air Base Parkway towards the gate for entrance. Procedures for entrance are noted on the website, see More Info, but be notified that access for non- USA visitors could take 3-5 weeks.

5Landing Runway 03L

When leaving Highway 12 onto Walters road, take a next right onto Petersen Road towards the Commercial Truck gate and the Irving H. Lambrecht Sports Complex. Park your car at the sports complex and position yourself for landing traffic in the afternoons. For morning shots, alternative to spot 1, you can drive up the dirt road opposite the sports center.

6View onto helicopter field

While driving on Air Base Road, do have a look to the south to have a view onto the helicopter landing spot here. Sometimes there is helicopter parked here.