California Agricultural Aircraft Association

Name

California Agricultural Aircraft Association

Legal name

California Agricultural Aircraft Association

Website

https://caaa.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lincoln

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: The association collects annual membership dues from aerial application operators and pilots throughout California. The original founding dues in 1945 were $25 per member for approximately 30 members.
2. Convention Registration: CAAA generates revenue through convention and exhibitor registration fees for its annual events. Registration materials are available for attendees and exhibitors with separate pricing.
3. Online Store Sales: The association operates an online store selling merchandise including the 'Wings Over California' commemorative art prints, membership dues and applications, and convention-related items.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

California Agricultural Aircraft Association (CAAA) is a private trade association serving California's aerial application industry. It provides membership services including legislative and regulatory advocacy, continuing education tracking, peer engagement through district meetings and an annual convention, and the PAASS safety program. The association also operates an online store selling membership dues, Wings Over California commemorative art prints, and convention registration.

Product overview

California Agricultural Aircraft Association operates as a membership-based trade association rather than a unified software product. The association provides a suite of member services centered around an annual convention, the PAASS safety program, continuing education tracking, legislative/regulatory advocacy, peer engagement through district meetings, and a quarterly newsletter. The primary offerings include membership access, convention/event registration, continuing education tracking, and the Wings Over California art print program sold through an online store.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 50% of agricultural commodities would be lost to pest infestation without efficient and timely crop protection products applied by ag pilots
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• Radisson Santa MariasupportingOthers · 1 January 2026The Radisson Santa Maria hotel is the official hotel for CAAA's 2026 convention with a group room rate of $146/night (Saturday rate $229) before September 25, 2026.
• Jet A USAcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Jet A USA provides a 1 cent fuel rebate sponsorship for CAAA's 2025 and 2026 conventions, supporting the aerial application industry's cost reduction efforts.
• Acrisure AerospacecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Acrisure Aerospace (including AvQuest) sponsors CAAA conventions at Platinum level in 2025 and 2026, providing insurance and aerospace services to the agricultural aviation industry.
• Farm Air Flying Service, LLCsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Farm Air Flying Service is a Gold/primary sponsor of CAAA's 2025 convention.
• Johnston Aircraft Service/Valley Air CraftssupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Johnston Aircraft Service sponsors CAAA's 2025 convention and hosted the 2025 Aerial Application Technology Field Day & Fly In in Tulare.
• Jones AviationsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Jones Aviation sponsors CAAA conventions and commissions Wings Over California artwork.
• Blair Air ServicesupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Blair Air Service sponsors CAAA's 2025 convention.
• Air TractorsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Air Tractor, manufacturer of agricultural aircraft, sponsors CAAA's 2025 convention.
• Kay Scott InsurancesupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Kay Scott Insurance provides aviation insurance services as a Bronze sponsor and underwriter of the CAAA PAASS insurance discount program.
• Corteva AgrisciencesupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Corteva Agriscience, an agricultural sciences company, sponsors CAAA's 2025 convention.
• Aspen HelicopterssupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Aspen Helicopters, providing helicopter services to the agricultural industry, sponsors CAAA's 2025 convention.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Direct peers

• National Agricultural Aviation Association: The national umbrella trade association for the U.S. aerial application industry. Serves the same operator and ag-pilot constituency as CAAA but at the federal level, providing legislative advocacy, the national PAASS program, and the annual Ag Aviation Expo. CAAA is effectively the California state affiliate within the NAAA network.
• Texas Agricultural Aviation Association: State-level trade association for Texas aerial applicators and ag pilots. Closely comparable to CAAA in mission (advocacy, CE, annual convention, PAASS) and operating model (small staff, dues-funded, state-scoped), making it a strong functional peer despite serving a different geography.
• Midwest Agricultural Aviation Association: Regional trade association serving aerial applicators across multiple Midwestern states. Comparable to CAAA in offering annual conventions, CE programming, legislative tracking, and PAASS coordination, but at a multi-state regional scope rather than a single-state focus.
• Alabama Agricultural Aviation Association: State-level trade association for Alabama aerial applicators. Mirrors CAAA's operating model (small staff, dues + convention revenue, DPR/regulator partnership equivalent, PAASS) and serves an analogous role in representing operators against regulatory and legislative pressure in its state.

Regional players

• Pacific Northwest Aerial Applicators: Regional association representing aerial applicators in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho). Offers the same member-services mix — annual meetings, regulatory updates, CE — and competes for the same regional OEM, insurance, and ag-input sponsors as CAAA.

Broad incumbents

• Agricultural Retailers Association: Larger U.S. trade association representing ag retailers and input distributors. Shares CAAA's trade-association business model and overlapping constituency (ag inputs, pesticide stewardship) but operates at significantly broader scope and scale; functions as a broader industry incumbent rather than a direct aerial-application specialist.

Others

• National Pest Management Association: National trade association for the structural and urban pest management industry. While not an aerial-application peer, it is thematically adjacent through pesticide application, licensing, and continuing-education infrastructure, and occasionally overlaps with CAAA's members on public-health mosquito-application work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/californiaagpilotassociation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/california-agricultural-aircraft-association

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

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