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{{Infobox airport
| name = Van Nuys Airport
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| location = [[Van Nuys, California|Van Nuys]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| opened = {{start date and age|1928|12|17}}
| operating_base = Aero (airline)
| elevation-f = 802
| elevation-m = 244
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| coordinates = {{coord|34|12|35|N|118|29|24|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|www.iflyvny.com}}▼
| image_map = VNY - FAA Airport Diagram.svg
| image_map_caption = FAA airport diagram
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| pushpin_label = '''VNY'''
| pushpin_map_caption = Location
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| r1-number = 16R/34L
| r1-length-f = 8,001
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| r2-surface = Asphalt
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| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2020)
| stat1-data = 232,000<ref name="Aircraft Operations">{{Cite web |title=History of Aircraft Operations |url=https://www.iflyvny.com/news-and-facts/statistics/history-of-aircraft-operations |access-date=2021-10-15 |website=www.iflyvny.com |archive-date=2021-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015212636/https://www.iflyvny.com/news-and-facts/statistics/history-of-aircraft-operations |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''Van Nuys Airport''' {{airport codes|VNY|KVNY|VNY}} is a public [[airport]] in the [[Van Nuys, Los Angeles|Van Nuys]] neighborhood of the [[Los Angeles|City of Los Angeles]]. The airport is operated by [[Los Angeles World Airports]] (LAWA), a branch of the [[Government of Los Angeles|Los Angeles city government]], which also operates [[Los Angeles International Airport]] (LAX). Van Nuys is one of the busiest [[general aviation]] airports in the world, with the airport's two parallel [[runway]]s averaging over 230,000 takeoffs and landings annually
Van Nuys is home to news, medical transport, and tour helicopter operators, the air operations unit of the [[Los Angeles City Fire Department]], and a maintenance base for [[Los Angeles Police Department]] and [[Los Angeles Department of Water and Power]] helicopters.
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Van Nuys Airport opened on December 17, 1928, the 25th anniversary of the [[Wright Flyer|Wright Brothers' first flight]], as Metropolitan Airport. The airfield was run by a small group of citizens who established a corporation. The airport was spread out on 80 acres, surrounded by trees and farmland. The airport was mostly used for [[general aviation]], but also became popular with Hollywood stars of the era, and notably was the filming location of the iconic airport scene in the 1942 film [[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]].<ref name="History Pt. 1">{{Cite web |title=VNY Airport History, Part 1 |url=https://www.iflyvny.com/news-and-facts/history |access-date=2021-10-15 |website=www.iflyvny.com |archive-date=2020-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921024039/https://www.iflyvny.com/news-and-facts/history |url-status=dead }}</ref> Also notable were the scenes of the reckless flight (and other scenes) of [[Laurel and Hardy]] in the 1939 film [[The Flying Deuces]].
In 1942, after the United States entered [[World War II]], the government purchased Metropolitan Airport and converted it into the Van Nuys Army Airfield. The Army also purchased an additional 163 acres of land to expand the runways and airfield. During the war, the airfield was used by the [[4th Air Force]], which stationed the [[428th Fighter Squadron]] with [[Lockheed P-38 Lightning]] aircraft in 1943. In 1944, the 441st Army Air Forces Base Unit was added to train additional pilots for the P-38. Elsewhere on the airfield, the U.S. Navy and [[Lockheed Corporation]] created an aircraft modification facility known as the Navy Lockheed Plant, just one of several
In 1949, after the war, the [[Government of Los Angeles|City of Los Angeles]] purchased the airport from the [[War Assets Administration]] for $1, with the agreement that a [[California Air National Guard]] base continue to operate at the site. The name of the airport, which by then covered 400 acres, was changed to San Fernando Valley Airport.<ref name="History Pt. 1" />
In the 1950s, the California Air National Guard based [[North American F-86 Sabre]] jets at the airport and built new permanent facilities. In 1957, the airport's name would change one last time to Van Nuys Airport. In 1959, the [[Sherman Way]] underpass was finished, allowing the main runway (16R/34L) to be extended to its current length of {{Convert|8001|ft}}. By the end of the decade, Van Nuys was ranked as the 25th busiest airport in the nation in terms of operations, despite having no commercial air service.<ref name="History Pt. 1" />
In 1975, the Los Angeles Department of Airports (
The California Air National Guard moved out of Van Nuys in 1990, with the [[146th Airlift Wing]] shifting to [[Naval Air Station Point Mugu]] (now [[Naval Base Ventura County]]) in [[Oxnard, California|Oxnard]]. In 1994, the now-vacated National Guard buildings became a critical operating site for the [[American Red Cross]]
== Facilities ==
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* 16R/34L: {{convert|8001|x|150|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}, [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]]
* 16L/34R: {{convert|4013|x|75|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}, asphalt
== Airlines and destinations ==
{{More citations needed section|date=September 2024}}
{{Airport destination list|Aero (airline)|[[Napa County Airport|Napa]], [[Friedman Memorial Airport|Sun Valley]], [[Aspen/Pitkin County Airport|Aspen]], [[Los Cabos International Airport|Los Cabos]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Addison Airport|Dallas]]}}
== Incidents ==
* In the mid
* On the night of March 26, 2000, a [[KTTV]] news helicopter, "Sky Fox 2", a secondary helicopter that was previously owned by [[KTLA]], crashed at Van Nuys airport after experiencing problems while covering the [[Academy Awards]].
* A [[Cessna CitationJet|Cessna 525 Citation CJ1]] twin-engine jet departing for [[Long Beach Airport]] crashed {{convert|0.5|mi|km|0}} north of the airport on January 12, 2007, killing two people on board. One was reported to be the owner of the company which operated the aircraft.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nbc4.tv/news/10734102/detail.html | title=Two Killed In Van Nuys Jet Crash | publisher=[[KNBC]] | date=2007-01-12 | access-date=2007-01-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070115061053/http://www.nbc4.tv/news/10734102/detail.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-01-15}}</ref>
* On November 25, 2008, a [[Cessna 310]] carrying two people experienced [[landing gear]] problems. After burning off fuel, it was able to land on the runway without incident, although its front gear collapsed upon landing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LIVE-VIDEO-Fire-Crews-Prepare-for-Emergency-Landing-at-Van-Nuys-Airport.html |title=Plane Slides to Stop on Runway |date=25 November 2008 |publisher=NBC Los Angeles |access-date=2008-11-25}}</ref>
* On January 9, 2015, a [[Lancair]] kit aircraft crashed after takeoff just south of the airport at the intersection of Vanowen Street and Hayvenhurst Avenue. The pilot, an experienced flight instructor and [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] robotics engineer, was killed.<ref>{{cite news
| url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-van-nuys-plane-crash-one-dead-20150109-story.html
| title= One dead as small plane crashes in street near Van Nuys Airport
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===Film===
* Parts of the climactic scene of the film ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' (1942) were filmed at Van Nuys Airport, at the time known as Metropolitan Airport.<ref>{{cite news|url=
* The airport was used for landing the 747
*The dramatic ending of the ''[[film noir]]'' ''[[Armored Car Robbery]]'' (1950) takes place at what was then Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport. Antagonist [[William Talman (actor)|William Talman]] and his burlesque queen girlfriend [[Adele Jergens]] are attempting to escape by chartered airplane
*In ''[[One Six Right]]'' (2005), a film documenting the history of Van Nuys Airport, was released. It was named after the most favored runway at the airport.
*A major part of the science fiction motion picture ''[[Silent Running]]'' (1972) was filmed at the Van Nuys Airport in March 1971. The Domes from the spacecraft that contained the last surviving forests were filmed there
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