Chart Supplement Bulletin 4/17/2025 (please check updates)
About Perris Airport:
Perris Valley airport is a family-owned public use airport. Their skydiving business, “Skydive Perris” is extremely successful. It supports not only recreational skydiving activities, but the business has parachute training contracts with the Department of Defense and various foreign governments. The skydiving business has been in operation for 50 years.
From Wikipedia:
."..located one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Perris, serving Riverside County, California, United States. It has one runway and is used for general aviation and extensive skydiving.[1] The airport operates from dawn to dusk daily year-round.
Perris Valley Airport has one runway:
Runway 15/33: 5,100 feet (1,600 m) x 50 feet (15 m). Surface: asphalt.
The airport does not have a control tower, runway lights, or approach lights. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) classifies the northern 1,900 feet (580 m) section of runway in poor condition. FAA inspectors determined the remaining 3,200 feet (980 m) section of runway is in good condition. The northern 1,000 feet (300 m) is closed indefinitely.[1] Aircraft maintenance and repair services are available. The airport provides aviation fuel to the general public only on an emergency basis.[1] The airport is home to 125 ultralight aircraft and 16 conventional aircraft. Conventional aircraft include ten single engine planes, five twin engine planes, and one jet aircraft.[1]
The primary occupant is Skydive Perris. A skydiving drop zone operates at the airport, and skydivers land about 50 feet from the runway. Skydiving operations run from early morning to dusk daily unless limited by weather or safety factors.[2] Skydive Perris operates a fleet of six aircraft, consisting of a Skyvan, a Super 300 Twin Otter, two Super Twin Otters, a Pilatus Porter and a twin engine DC-9 jet.[3] The DC-9 is the only civilian jet FAA-certified for skydiving.
Skydivers fly to jump altitude (13,000 feet) in about 12 minutes.[3] Skydive Perris provides skydiving opportunities to beginners and experts alike. Beginners can choose Tandem or Accelerated Freefall skydiving.[2] As a drop zone, Skydive Perris was small compared to the neighboring world-famous Lake Elsinore drop zone until heavy rains flooded the airport in 1980 and the skydivers moved to Perris for a drop zone. Perris Valley Airport gained worldwide recognition that year when the world record night dive of 27 jumpers was organized.
News Notes & Challenges:
4/04/2025 Encroachment Issue at Perris Valley Airport (L65)
The airport is currently under threat from a proposal to build 867,000 sq ft warehouse 2 story office too close to their runway. The primary concerns are that the proposed building and truck parking will create turbulent wind patterns in the runway touchdown zone and parachute landing areas. Please see the attached document with information and a graphic showing the airport and the proposed development.
The family is looking for letters of support from local pilots that understand the threat. If you would like to help, you can either write a letter of support for the airport and/or business to the Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC), or you can make public comment at the Riverside County ALUC meeting in downtown Riverside on April 10th.
- Letters can be sent to Mr. Paul Rull , ALUC Director.
His email is
Prull@rivco.org
Letters should be emailed no later than COB Monday April 7th.
- If you wish to make public comment at the meeting, it will be held at the
County Administrative Center
4080 Lemon Street, 1st Floor, Board Chambers. 9:30 am
- Here is a link to the agenda for the meeting and the required speaker form.
Meeting Agendas | Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission