The City Where Residents Go To Office With Planes!

Cameron Park, a city where people use planes for day to day transport

A plane parked in front of a garage in Cameron Park, California

A city where there is no such thing as alleys, small and big roads. There's only one way - it's all runway.

Dividing the city into two parts, the runway merges with the 100 feet wide road. The plane can easily move up and down there too. Even moving cars on busy roads can pass by without any hindrance.

The city's name is Cameron Park. Those who live in this California city in the United States go to the office on a plane! They even go out for a weekend vacation with a plane.

In official documents, however, Cameron Park is not a city. Basically a fly-in residential community. This type of community is mainly formed at and around an airport.

After World War II, many American airports became useless. At the same time, the number of retired pilots was also increasing. The number increased from 34,000 in 1939 to 400,000 in 1946.

A runway in Cameron Park, California

It was decided to build a fly-in residential community to provide comfort to retired pilots participating in the war. 

The U.S. civil aviation authority decides to accommodate retired pilots in useless airports. Such a decision was taken from the idea that pilots would love to be in familiar environments.

Cameron Park was built in 1963 with that thought. Once upon a time, the name was Cameron Park Airport. That name was changed to Cameron Park Airpark. One or the other member of every family in the city was once a pilot.

Cars are parked alongside planes in

There are 640 such fly-in communities in the world. Of these, 610 are in the US. But Cameron Park is considered to be the most perfect in the feature.

There are plane-keeping hangers like a car garage from house to house!

Roadside signboards have been made low. Extra precautions to prevent the wing of the plane from getting damaged. Even the name of the road is 'Boeing Road'.

Old-fashioned traditional car exhibitions are in vogue in many cities around the world. Cars as well as planes are on display at Cameron Park.

One day a year, aircraft of different models stand in queues along the runway. The flight scene of those planes together along the runway is also worth watching. 

There are a handful of 124 houses in the city. 20 of them are lying vacant. The owners usually sell those houses for a very cheap price. 

The advertisement for such a house came out in the month of February. In the advertisement that surfaced on the internet, the price of the house with the hanger of the plane was asked to be only 675K US dollars!

However, most of the residents of Cameron Park are comfortable. There is no shortage of facilities in small 'towns'. 

There are schools, markets, hospitals, and even shopping malls. And if nothing is found, then what is there to worry about! Getting on a plane and going to the nearest town is just a matter of minutes!