Ownership,

Handled.

The Program

You own the aircraft. We handle everything else.

WCAS provides complete aircraft management in Orange County, backed by nearly four decades of aviation experience. From our home at John Wayne Airport (SNA), our team oversees every aspect of your aircraft—from crew hiring and training to scheduling, dispatch, compliance, insurance, and day-to-day operations.

Our goal is simple: reduce the burden of aircraft ownership, protect the long-term value of your investment, and keep your aircraft ready when you need it. For owners who choose to make their aircraft available for charter, we can also help offset ownership costs through Part 135 operations.

Every aircraft is managed with clear communication, transparent monthly reporting, and the level of care we’ve built our reputation on since 1987.

Two pathways built around one thing: taking better care of your aircraft.
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Longest-Standing Operator at KSNA
40+
Years in Business
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Dispatch, All Year Round
Private Management
91

West 91

Your aircraft, your schedule, our flight department.

You bought the aircraft to fly it — not manage pilots, maintenance schedules, invoices, and paperwork. West 91 gives you a complete flight department without having to build one yourself. We handle the crew, maintenance, dispatch, compliance, and day-to-day operation around the way you fly.

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Owner-Centric Operations

Your aircraft. Your preferences. Your schedule.

Flight Department On Demand

The people and oversight of a full flight department without building one yourself.

Maintenance Coordination

Inspections, maintenance events, and AOG support from squawk to sign-off.

Advisory & Acquisitions

When it’s time to upgrade, sell, or acquire, we can handle that too.

Charter Revenue Offset
135

West 135

When you’re not flying it, put it to work.

Your trips always come first. When the aircraft would otherwise be sitting, West 135 gives you the option to make it available to our charter customers and generate revenue against the cost of ownership.

Estimate My Offset
Charter Revenue

A charter customer base built continuously since 1987.

Two Operating Certificates

Placed on the certificate that fits your aircraft and mission.

Your Schedule Wins

Your trips always take priority. Charter works around you — not the other way around.

See Where the Money Went

Revenue in. Expenses out. Net offset. Clearly reported every month.

Full Service

The Stuff You Shouldn’t Have to Think About.

Owning the aircraft is your part. Keeping everything behind it moving is ours.
01
Crew

Hiring, training, scheduling, payroll, simulator training, medicals, and currency tracking. Bring your crew or let us build one for you.

02
Maintenance

Scheduled inspections, routine maintenance, and the things that never seem to happen at a convenient time — backed by our own FAA Part 145 Repair Station in Long Beach.

03
Scheduling & Dispatch

Tell Us Where. We’ll Handle the Rest.Flight planning, FBOs, ground transportation, catering, and trip logistics. One call gets the whole trip moving.

04
Compliance

FAA requirements, domestic operations, international authorizations,we keep the paperwork straight and the aircraft ready to go.

05
Accounting

No Mystery Math. Fuel, crew, maintenance, insurance, fees, and charter revenue — itemized and reported every month in plain English.

06
Storage & Insurance

Hangar coordination, insurance placement and renewals, detailing, and aircraft readiness. Protected when parked. Ready when called.

Under Management

From the short hops
to the world wide missions

— turboprop to ultra-long-range, and every mission between —
King Air 350Turboprop King Air 350iTurboprop King Air 360Turboprop Citation XLS+Midsize Challenger 604Heavy Falcon 2000EXHeavy Gulfstream G450Heavy Falcon 7XUltra-Long-Range Global ExpressUltra-Long-Range Gulfstream G550Ultra-Long-Range
Whatever you own, chances are we already operate its class. Add Yours To The Fleet
Questions

Owners Ask

Straight answers, before the proposal.

Under West 135, your aircraft is added to one of our two FAA Part 135 air carrier certificates. When you are not flying, we deploy it on charter trips from a customer base we have built since 1987. You receive an itemized statement each month showing charter revenue, direct costs, and the net offset against your fixed cost of ownership. Personal use always takes priority.

Yes. Many owners come to us with pilots they trust. We onboard your crew into our training, medical, and drug-testing programs, manage their payroll and scheduling, and keep them current — or hire and train a new crew to your standards if you prefer.

A fixed monthly management fee, plus operating costs passed through at cost — fuel, crew, maintenance, insurance, hangar. No markups buried in the statement. Your proposal itemizes both before you commit.

Most managed aircraft are hangared at John Wayne (SNA) or Long Beach (LGB), alongside our maintenance facility. If your mission calls for another home base, we can operate the aircraft where it lives.

A dedicated account manager backed by our 24/7 dispatch desk. One phone number, answered every day of the year — trip planning, catering, ground transport, and FBO coordination handled in a single call.

Yes. WCAS is based at John Wayne Airport (SNA) and provides both Part 91 and Part 135 aircraft management for owners throughout Orange County and California.

Part 91 programs can begin within days. Certificate conformity for Part 135 placement typically runs 30–60 days, depending on aircraft records and configuration. We manage the entire process.

Ready to hand it off?

Request a Management Consultation

Tell us about your aircraft and travel profile. An account manager responds within one business day.

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(949) 852-8340