In the late 1940s and early 1950s more improvements were made to parking and taxiway paving, water and sewer systems, and runway/taxiway lighting.

Pacific Air Lines flight 771 operated with a Fairchild F-27 flew a multistop "milk run" schedule: Reno-Lake Tahoe-Sacramento-San Francisco-San Jose-Fresno-Bakersfield-Burbank-Los Angeles-San Diego.

United Airlines flight 224 operated with a Boeing 727-100 flew San Francisco-Sacramento-Reno-Denver-Chicago-New York La Guardia Airport.

According to the OAG, Sierra Mountain Airways, a small commuter air carrier, was operating scheduled passenger service into the airport in late 1988 with Dornier 228 turboprop aircraft with flights from Fresno, Oakland, Reno and other destinations.

5 jet in civil ownership with US registration N275X was returning to Oakland from the Golden West Sport Aviation Show.

Due to pilot error, the airplane failed to become airborne, went off the end of the runway, across a road and crashed into Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour.

[6] On January 13, 1987, a single-engine airplane crashed shortly after taking off from Sacramento Executive Airport in gusty winds, killing four people.

Fuel is available from trucks or 24-hour self-serve credit card pumps, and plenty of tie-down and transient parking is available, the first six hours being free.

Amenities include:[10] Restaurants Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Aviators overlooks the airfield and can hold up to 190 people.