NorCal Skydiving
Cloverdale Airport / Sonoma County · near Cloverdale / Healdsburg · North Coast
Skydiving
At a glance
- Best season
- Year-round; smaller operation — call ahead for availability
What is here
- Scenery
- valley
- Amenities
- Sonoma wine-country setting · Russian River, Napa & Pt. Reyes views · Intimate, personable Cessna operation · Senior rigger on staff; safety focus
- Best for
- A personable wine-country jump
- Features
- Charming small wine-country DZ · Russian River & Alexander Valley views · Where the local jumpers learned · Watch friends gear up, jump & land
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Smaller Cessna DZ — call ahead, limited slots · Reservations recommended; weight limits apply · Weather holds possible · Lower exit altitude than turbine DZs
- Beginner friendly
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Operators
- NorCal Skydiving
Skydiving detail
- Offerings
- tandem · learn
- Aircraft
- piston
- Altitude
- 10k
- Stature
- 2
- Jump notes
- A small, personable Cessna dropzone in the heart of Sonoma wine country at Cloverdale — big views of the Russian River, Alexander Valley, Napa, San Francisco Bay, and Point Reyes, a friendly, safety-focused operation where the local jumpers learned to fly
- Stats note
- Cessna (piston) to ~10,000 ft; wine-country, Russian River & Pt. Reyes views; funloads can be limited
- Experienced hub
- No
- Intl tip
- A small, personable Cessna dropzone in the heart of Sonoma wine country at Cloverdale (off Hwy 101) — an intimate alternative to the big turbine centers, where the owner is an AFF instructor and most local jumpers learned to fly. Jumping from ~two miles up, you fall toward the Russian River through the Alexander Valley, with views of the wine country, Napa, SF Bay, and Point Reyes. Smaller Cessna operation: funloads can be limited and altitude is lower, so call ahead. Reserve ahead, confirm weight limits, expect occasional weather holds.
The guide
NorCal Skydiving, at the Cloverdale Airport in the heart of Sonoma County's wine country off Highway 101, is a small, personabl…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to NorCal Skydiving — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.775, -123.041