Skydive Perris
Perris Valley Airport / Riverside County · near Perris / Riverside · Los Angeles / SoCal
Skydiving
At a glance
- Best season
- Year-round (operates 365 days); book tandems ahead, weekends busiest
What is here
- Scenery
- valley
- Amenities
- California's only on-site wind tunnel · Swoop / canopy-piloting pond · Bombshelter restaurant, bar, pool & bunkhouse · Full fleet of turbine aircraft (incl. tailgate ships) · 18,000 ft high-altitude tandem option
- Best for
- A world-class, do-everything skydiving center
- Features
- One of the world's premier dropzones · On-site wind tunnel to train · Huge experienced-jumper community · A full skydiving campus — jump, learn, stay
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Reservations strongly recommended for tandems · Tandem weight limits apply (typically ~230–240 lb) — confirm · Weather holds happen — build in flexibility · Very busy — arrive early, allow a full day
- Beginner friendly
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Operators
- Skydive Perris
Skydiving detail
- Offerings
- tandem · learn · licensed · tunnel
- Aircraft
- turbine
- Altitude
- 13k
- Stature
- 5
- Jump notes
- One of the largest and most famous dropzones on earth — a sprawling turbine operation with a full fleet of aircraft, California's only on-site wind tunnel, a swoop pond, a restaurant, bar, pool, and bunkhouse, and a huge community of jumpers, in the inland valley southeast of LA. Standard tandems exit around 13,000 ft, with a rare 18,000 ft high-altitude tandem (with O2) also on offer
- Stats note
- Twin turbine fleet; standard tandem ~13,000 ft (~60 sec freefall); optional 18,000 ft high-altitude tandem with O2; on-site wind tunnel
- Experienced hub
- Yes
- Intl tip
- One of the largest, most famous dropzones on earth, in the inland valley southeast of LA — a skydiving campus with a turbine fleet (including California's only tailgate ships), the state's only on-site wind tunnel, a swoop pond, restaurant, bar, pool, and bunkhouse, buzzing with a huge jumper community. Slick tandem/AFF for first-timers (standard ~13,000 ft, plus a rare 18,000 ft high-altitude option with O2); a mecca for licensed jumpers with the tunnel right there to train. Operates 365 days a year; reserve tandems ahead, arrive early, plan a full day, and expect occasional weather holds.
The guide
Skydive Perris, in the inland valley southeast of Los Angeles, is one of the largest and most storied dropzones on the planet —…
In the Guidebook
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Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.76, -117.219