I've had that trip by car take as little as two and one half hours and as
long as five hours. The traffic out of the Bay Area in commute hours and
around Sacramento can be a parking lot.

If someone is running passenger service with a Caravan, the odds are that
they are probably also running charter operations, and those typically leave
from the private pilot's side of the airport. The delays are typically
much less. 30 minutes delay either side for boarding, 60 minutes flying
(Caravans only do about 140 knots), gives about 90 minutes total one way.
If I could get a reliable 90 minutes at $150, I would do it. I would feel
better than on the trips by car that take two and one half hours, and I
would be feeling a whole lot better than the trips that take five hours.

--
Will
westes AT earthbroadcast.com


"Franklin Newton" wrote in message
nk.net...
You can leave your house in San Jose and be at your destination in
Sacramento faster by car than you can by going to the airport, arriving
early for security, standing in line, finally flying the short flight,
then
driving back into Sacramento. Probably the same for almost any trip under
say 300 miles.
"CHANGE USERNAME TO westes" wrote in
message ...
Is there any small airline that is running regular passenger service
between
San Jose and Sacramento? What about any city in the Bay Area and
Sacramento? There was an outfit out of Mather that was supposed to be
doing this with a Cessna Caravan, but their web site appears mostly
abandoned and no one answers their phone, so I guess they folded.

I just can't believe that no one can make the economics of this work at
$150/passenger using something economical to fly like a Caravan.

--
Will
westes AT earthbroadcast.com