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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Los Angeles World Airports | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 802 ft / 244.4 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°12′35″N 118°29′24″W / 34.20972°N 118.49000°WCoordinates: 34°12′35″N 118°29′24″W / 34.20972°N 118.49000°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.lawa.org/welcomeVNY.aspx | ||||||||||||||
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Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley section of the city limits of Los Angeles, California. No major airlines fly into this airport, which is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports.
Van Nuys Airport is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world. With two parallel runways, Van Nuys Airport had over 220,000 takeoffs and landings in 2016.
The airport is home to the Van Nuys FlyAway Bus service, which runs nonstop buses to Los Angeles International Airport for travelers that park their cars at Van Nuys.
Many news, medical transport, and tour helicopters from the Los Angeles area are based at Van Nuys Airport. The Los Angeles City Fire Department operates its Air Operations Unit at Van Nuys Airport. The City of Los Angeles also has its maintenance hub at the airport, used for staging and maintaining LAPD and LADWP helicopters.
Van Nuys Airport covers 725 acres (293 ha) and has two runways:
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 several episodes of 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.
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