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Van Nuys Airport is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. No commercial airlines fly into this airport; it is used by private, chartered, and small commercial aircraft. It is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports.
Van Nuys Airport is the world's busiest general aviation airport and the 18th busiest airport in the world. With just two parallel runways, Van Nuys Airport handled 448,681 aircraft movements in 2004 (averaging over 1200 operations/day). By comparison, Los Angeles International Airport (with 4 runways and exceptional amounts of commercial traffic) has roughly 1700 operations a day.
Hollywood celebrities, politicians, and business executives are known to use this airport because it offers them convenience and anonymity. Additionally, many movies and television shows have been filmed at the airport, including a scene showing the arrival of Major Strasser in Casablanca, an episode of the TV show Alias and Season 5 of 24. The 1980s action-espionage series Airwolf used the Van Nuys Airport hangars regularly as the site of "Santini Air", the charter air service company owned and operated by Ernest Borgnine's character (Dominic Santini) in the series.
In 2005, a film documenting the history of Van Nuys Airport was released under the name One Six Right, named after the most popular runway at the airport.
The airport is also home to the Van Nuys FlyAway Bus service, which provides non-stop bus service from the airport to Los Angeles International Airport. This allows travelers to park their cars at Van Nuys and not have to deal with driving to LAX or parking fees at LAX.
Facilities
Van Nuys Airport covers 725 acres and has two runways:
- Runway 16R/34L: 8,001 x 150 ft. (2,439 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 16L/34R: 4,011 x 75 ft. (1,223 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
External links
"Van Nuys Airport"