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) and about 115 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 37,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Apple Valley Airport?
Its FAA code is APV, and its ICAO code is KAPV.
Where is Apple Valley Airport?
It is 3 miles north of Apple Valley, California, 3,062 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Apple Valley Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 18/36, is 6,498 feet long.
Does Apple Valley Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Apple Valley Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Apple Valley Airport?
12 pilot examiners and 13 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Apple Valley Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Southern California Logistics Airport (10 nm west), Big Bear City Airport (25 nm southeast), Barstow-Daggett Airport (26 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 108 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| helicopters | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 37,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 12,500 |
| general aviation, local | 25,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Apple Valley from the FAA register
80 aircraft are registered to owners in Apple Valley, California: 72 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
12 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 12 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 13 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 3 training center examiners.
- Kenneth Warren Earl private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Rancho Cucamonga, CA (33 nm) · (909) 921-4474 · [email protected]
- Anthony James Gadis private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Upland, CA (37 nm) · (909) 215-0461 · [email protected]
- Christopher Robert Kaplan private pilot; airplanes · Vmc Aviation · Upland, CA (37 nm) · (916) 990-7626 · [email protected]
- Joseph Scarcella private pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Beaumont, CA (39 nm) · (909) 754-9155 · [email protected]
- Leo M Bell private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Riverside, CA (40 nm) · (951) 906-7283 · [email protected]
- Thomas Hamm private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Riverside, CA (40 nm) · (951) 347-2770 · [email protected]
- James Mason Reid private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Brackett Field / KPOC- Mt Sac Aviation (Collge Aviation ) · La Verne, CA (41 nm) · (909) 973-7213 · [email protected]
- Russell Calverley private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Mount San Antonio College of Aviation · La Verne, CA (41 nm) · (909) 489-8589 · [email protected]
All 41 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Apple Valley 80 aircraft · 72 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 balloons
- Chalk 2 INC 11 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 28 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/APV.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.