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Two miles northwest of Upland's downtown lies Cable Airport, a public-use, non-towered airport serving the San Bernardino County, California, area. It's held privately by Cable Land Company. KCCB is an untowered, Class G airport. There is no longer a runway 1-19. Some hangars, a fuel island, and a covered, illuminated wash rack now stand in its stead. Now extended to 3,865 feet (1,178 meters), Runway 6-24 is primarily level with slight undulations on the east half. It has been resurfaced. A control tower that is utilized to marshal aircraft at the annual Cable Air Show in January is housed in a terminal building along with an FBO (flight school and rentals), an aircraft repair shop, and Maniac Mike's restaurant. Since Cable is an uncontrolled airport, the tower is typically not utilized during other times.
Maude and Dewey Cable founded Cable-Claremont Airport in 1945 after paying $8,500 for the site. The airport was known by this name until 1961. That works out to $143,856 in 2023. The Cables split up the land, selling the northern part for the price they had paid for the full tract. Holliday Rock converted that plot into a quarry and recently built its national offices close to Runway 24's approach end. Built by Dewey Cable himself, the first runway, 1-19, measured 1,500 feet (460 meters) in length. Its high gradient went opposed to the prevailing winds and it traveled north-south. Six months later, the main runway, 6-24, was finished. In contrast to the original runway, it featured a firm, level surface, ran east-west (ideally parallel to the wind), and measured 2,350 feet (720 meters) by 150 feet (46 meters) when it was completed in 1947.
Initially stationed at the airport, Cable Commuter Airlines operated de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter STOL capable turboprop aircraft as a commuter airline. The 95 acres (38 ha) that make up Cable Airport are home to one runway (6/24) that is 3,864 feet by 75 feet (1,178 meters by 23 meters) and two helipads that are each 65 feet by 65 feet (20 meters by 20 meters). The Civil Air Patrol Squadron 25 is also based out of this airfield. The Cable family still owns Cable Airport. The field is the biggest privately owned airport in the world, with 450 aircraft stationed there.
