Van Nuys Airport

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 16R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,432 ft, 6,570 ft available for landing, fence 17 ft high 200 ft from the end
• Runway 34L: PAPI, four lights on the right, 7,261 ft available for landing, trees 30 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
• Runway 16L: threshold displaced 1,434 ft, 2,582 ft available for landing, rr 32 ft high 275 ft from the end
• Runway 34R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, 3,906 ft available for landing

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 818-464-9794.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Whiteman Airport (5 nm northeast), Hollywood Burbank Airport (7 nm east), Santa Monica Municipal (12 nm south).

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

• When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 16R; high-intensity runway lights runway 16R/34L; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
• Pattern altitude runway 16R/34L 1200; runway 16L/34R 800.
• Sustainable aviation fuel (saf) available.
• Left traffic when the control tower closed.
• Unusable beyond 6 NM due to trrn and beyond 9 degreess left of centerline.
• Runway 16L approach ratio 53:1 from displcd thld
• Approach ratio 50:1 from displaced thld. Approach ratio to displaced thld over +41 feet railroad 1700 feet from displaced thld 500 feet left 41:1.
• Runway 16L/34R closed and unlighted when tower closed.
• Extreme noise sensitive area.
• Noise ordinance curfew: no takeoffs for aircraft exceeding 74 dba (per AC36-3) between 10:00 pm to 7:00 am; except military; mercy flights and law enforcement aircraft.
• Airport closed to air carrier operations.
• Formation arrivals and departures prohibited except for emergency response aircraft.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

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 330,447, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

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.

Aircraft registered in Van Nuys from the FAA register

163 aircraft are registered to owners in Van Nuys, California: 90 piston singles, 26 helicopters, 25 business jets, 12 piston twins, 5 airliners and large jets. 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.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Fuel and service companies in Van Nuys, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

• Air Center Aviation INC

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Eight Ball Flying Club 4 aircraft · Van Nuys
• Flight Academy LLC 3 aircraft · Van Nuys The Flight Academy is a Part 61 flight school located at Van Nuys Airport in California.
• La Flight School INC 2 aircraft · Van Nuys LA Flight School is a flight training school at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles offering discovery flights, private pilot, sport pilot, instrument rating, commercial pilot, and airline pilot training.
• Corsair Aviation LLC 9 aircraft · Pacoima, 5 miles away Corsair Aviation is an FAA-approved Part 141 flight school and Cessna Pilot Center at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles.
• Vista Air INC 6 aircraft · Pacoima, 5 miles away Vista Air Inc.
• Beech Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Tarzana, 5 miles away Beech Flyers is a flying club based at Van Nuys Airport in California that provides Beechcraft-specific pilot training and aircraft rental.
• Wings Over L A Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · West Hills, 8 miles away Wings Over L.A.
• Glendale Community College 3 aircraft · Glendale, 14 miles away
• Santa Monica Flyers INC 3 aircraft · Santa Monica, 14 miles away
• 818 Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · La Crescenta, 14 miles away
• Tiger Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Santa Monica, 14 miles away

Charter operators and airlines based in Van Nuys:

• Trans-Exec Air Service INC 9 aircraft on the certificate Trans-Exec Air Service is a charter operator based in Van Nuys, California, specializing in luxury private jet charter flights using an all-Gulfstream fleet.
• Helinet Aviation Services, LLC 8 aircraft on the certificate Helinet Aviation Services is a Los Angeles-based helicopter operator providing charter flights, aerial cinematography, utility operations, aircraft management, and maintenance.
• Usac Airways 695 LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate
• Chrysler Aviation Inc 6 aircraft on the certificate Chrysler Aviation is a jet charter operator established in 1977, offering domestic and international charter flights in light, medium, and long-range jets.
• Group 3 Aviation INC 2 aircraft on the certificate Group 3 Helicopters operates helicopter tours and charters in the Los Angeles area, offering sightseeing flights over landmarks, coastlines, and mountains, as well as aerial photography services and custom charter trips.

Repair stations in Van Nuys (12 of 32, all of them):

• A Plus Avionics CORP.
• Aero Accessories INC
• Aero Nasch Aviation INC Aero-Nasch Aviation, Inc.
• Aircraft Interior Services, INC
• Boeing Distribution INC
• Boeing Distribution INC
• Boeing Distribution, INC
• City of Los Angeles Information Technology
• City of Los Angeles-General Services
• Clay Lacy Aviation, INC
• Corporate Air Parts INC CAPS Aviation is a 100% women-owned FAA Part 145 repair station specializing in liferaft and cabin safety equipment overhaul, tool calibration, and FAR 135.331 crewmember emergency training.
• E D N Aviation INC EDN Aviation, operating under the Precision Aviation Group brand, is a FAA-certified repair station in Van Nuys, California specializing in cockpit panel manufacturing, refurbishment, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 107 since 1982, 18 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