Apple Valley Airport
APV · KAPV · Apple Valley, California · San Bernardino County · map
Apple Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of San Bernardino, 3 miles north of Apple Valley, California, 3,062 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 6,498 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA APV · ICAO KAPV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of San Bernardino
- Elevation
- 3,062 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1970
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,498 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 4,100 × 60 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, hill 10 ft high 500 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 597 ft
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern, power line 40 ft high 1,540 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Automated UNICOM; 3 clicks adzy, 4 clicks radio check. |
| Approach and departure | 124.55 |
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Aircraft registered in Apple Valley from the FAA register
81 aircraft are registered to owners in Apple Valley, California: 73 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 balloons, 1 helicopter, 1 gyroplane. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 28 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Hills northeast; east; west and north.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 and taxiway lights sunset to sunrise - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 18 and 36 on continuously.
- Pattern altitude runway 18/36 1000 feet above ground level; runway 08/26 800 feet above ground level.
- Automated UNICOM; 3 clicks adzy, 4 clicks radio check.
- Runway 08/26 closed to night operations due to rapidly rising terrain east and west of runway; west to 3890 feet within 1.5 NM and east to 3910 feet within 1.7 NM.
- Markings faded, centerline misg.
- Large cracks, raveling.
- Runway 18/36 lighted dstc remaining mkrs east side of runway.
- On approach to runway 36 cross runway 08/26.
- Aerobatic training northeast area of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.