Chino Airport beautification project includes new monument signs and fencing along perimeter

San Bernardino County Director of Airports Brett Godown, left, and Chino Airport Manager Greg Zarco, are now seeing their hard work come to fruition with the airport’s beautification project.

The San Bernardino County Department of Airports has been working hard on beautification improvements in and around Chino Airport with newly branded redesigned monument entrance signs off Merrill and Kimball Avenues, including the replacement of existing chain link fencing with new, secure metal fencing around the entire perimeter of the property.

Chino Airport is a San Bernardino County general aviation airport regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and known for supporting recreational flying, pilot training and even firefighter and rescue missions encompasses more than 1,100 acres in the southwest portion of the city of Chino.

A wartime plane propped up on a stand is seen behind black metal fencing outside of Chino Airport.

The airport is a busy place with operations expected to exceed 200,000 this year alone and is home to numerous aviation-related companies and businesses, including full-service fixed operations, aircraft management and maintenance, charters, flight training and aircraft restoration services, the Flying Tigers and two historic aircraft museums, Planes of Fame Air Museum and Yanks Air Museum as well as the longtime diner, Flo’s Café.

Brett Godown, the director of Airports, says his vision for the Chino Airport is to complement the communities it surrounds and be a place that residents can be proud of. The beautification project is just one of several projects the department has planned for the future of Chino Airport, including developing 300 acres of land through a request for qualifications proposal (RFQ) and masterplan.

Originally, Chino Airport was home to the Cal-Aero Flight Academy in the early 1940s, training more than 10,365 fighter and bomber pilots during WWII, and like the region, is growing to become a destination.

For more on the Department of Airports and its other general aviation airports throughout the county, visit airports.sbcounty.gov.

Additional County Update News – April 3, 2025