Buchanan Field Airport[2] (IATA: CCR, ICAO: KCCR, FAA LID: CCR) is a medium-sized general and business public airport in Contra Costa County, California, United States,[1][3] one mile west of the center of Concord[1][3] and just east of Pacheco in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The airport continued to be used on occasion by the United States Army to transport troops, especially during the Korean War.

[5] In 1972 George Lucas used Buchanan Field Airport for one of the last exterior scenes in the movie American Graffiti.

Commercial development of adjacent properties such as Sam's Club, Taco Bell, Sports Authority, and Jiffy Lube was allowed in 1992.

Jet service arrived when Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) began nonstop BAe 146-200s to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on May 1, 1986.

[1] On the evening of December 23, 1985, a Beechcraft Baron N1494G, executing a missed approach from an instrument approach (IAP) to runway 19R, lost control and crashed into the roof of the Macy's department store at the nearby Sunvalley Shopping Center, killing the pilot and two passengers and seriously injuring 84 people in the crowded mall, spraying them with burning aviation fuel.

The accident brought increased opposition to the airport and caused Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) to delay its flights that had been planned to start in January 1986.

[16] On December 21, 2006, at about 11:05 a.m., a 1989 Piper Malibu (PA46), registered as N1AM, crashed while flying the LDA (localizer type directional aid) approach into CCR.

[17] On October 25, 2016, shortly after departing Buchanan Field, a Beechcraft Bonanza registered as N364RM crashed into a hill near Kirker Pass Road in Concord.

[18] On January 30, 2024, a Van’s Aircraft RV-6, a single-engine plane, crashed at around 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of Concord Ave. and Diamond Boulevard, near the southern end of the airport.