Van Nuys Airport
VNY · KVNY · Van Nuys, California · Los Angeles County · map
Van Nuys Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Van Nuys, California, 802 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16R/34L, is 8,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas).
Weather right now KVNY · observed 12:51 pm PDT (19:51 UTC), 47 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 100°F (38°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 1:00 pm PDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the west at 10 knots, gusting to 15, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm PDT (03:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KVNY 061951Z 10SM CLR 38/09 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP097 T03780089
TAF KVNY 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM062000 22008KT P6SM SKC FM062200 28010G15KT P6SM SKC FM070300 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VNY · ICAO KVNY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 802 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:45 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16R/34L | 8,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 16L/34R | 4,013 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- 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
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower 162-345 and departure runway 16R/34L | 119.3 | Van Nuys |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.55 | Van Nuys |
| Clearance delivery | 126.6 | Van Nuys |
| Ground | 121.7 | Van Nuys |
| Tower 346-161 and departure runway 16L/34R | 120.2 | Van Nuys |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Departure procedure (HAYEZ) Vny 280-BUR 050, north; Vny 280-BUR 050 | 120.4 | Van Nuys |
| Departure procedure (ADAMM) · Approach and departure · Class C airspace South between bur 150-VNY 160 | 124.6 | Van Nuys |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (CANOGA) · Class C airspace 160-280 vny, west; 160-280 vny | 134.2 | Van Nuys |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace 050-150 bur | 135.05 | Van Nuys |
| Helicopter and operations | 119.0 | Van Nuys |
| Thrne and star | 126.7 | Van Nuys |
| Ivins and star · Rokkr and star | 128.75 | Van Nuys |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 818-464-9794.
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Aircraft registered in Van Nuys from the FAA register
165 aircraft are registered to owners in Van Nuys, California: 92 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.