{"id":312426,"date":"2026-05-12T19:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/312426\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:49:11","slug":"repair-work-at-sacramento-executives-aviators-restaurant-uncovers-major-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/312426\/","title":{"rendered":"Repair work at Sacramento Executive&#8217;s Aviators restaurant uncovers major issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A beloved Sacramento airport restaurant is facing a long closure after repair work uncovered significant structural issues.<\/p>\n<p>Aviators restaurant, located at Sacramento Executive Airport, has been closed since earlier this year as upgrade and repair work got underway.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento County Department of Airports officials said crews found several problems, leaving the restaurant&#8217;s possible reopening date up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>Airport officials have now detailed the issues that were found, including deteriorating flooring, water intrusion, mold, asbestos from old flooring and compromised concrete.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sh-aviators-restaurant-update-vo.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"sh-aviators-restaurant-update-vo.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  The closure sign in front of Aviators at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said engineers estimate the work could take up to two years to complete.<\/p>\n<p>Still, airport officials said they are working with Aviators owner Chik to come up with a plan for the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Contrary to recent posts on NextDoor and other social media sites, Airports and Chik are working closely together to develop a solution. We will update the community as soon as we come to a mutually beneficial decision,&#8221; airport officials said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/future-of-aviators-restaurant-at-sacramento-executive-airport-up-in-the-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aviators&#8217; future was previously in question<\/a> in 2023 as its lease was about to expire, but the owner and airport eventually came to an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant has been in operation at Sacramento Executive Airport for 27 years. It is beloved by patrons for its scenic views of the airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A beloved Sacramento airport restaurant is facing a long closure after repair work uncovered significant structural issues. Aviators&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-312426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}