An estimated 15,000 people flocked to the Long Beach Airport on Saturday to see the aircraft displays and antique cars that lined the runway at the sixth annual Festival of Flight.

Festival goers stood in long lines to see the crowd favorite: the control pit of a C-17 from March Air Force Base. But the event also gave people a chance to see a side of the airport they don’t always get to see.

“A lot of people are familiar with the commercial airport, but they don’t know our general aviation side of things,” said airport spokeswoman Stephanie Montuya-Morisky.

General aviation includes all the business aviation, manufacturing, helicopters and private plane business the airport conducts.

Not many airports are commercial and general aviation, Montuya-Morisky said, and that’s what makes Long Beach Airport special. Festival goers got to see a better picture of the whole operation at the event.