🇺🇸 Van Nuys Airport

Van Nuys Airport (VNY) is a public general aviation airport located in Van Nuys, California, approximately 25 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles,. It is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), which also operates Los Angeles International Airport (LAX),.

Type of facility and operations: VNY is one of the world's busiest general aviation airports, dedicated to non-commercial air travel,. Its traffic mix includes general aviation, air-taxi, military, and commercial operations, along with multiple flight schools. The airport has two parallel runways: an 8,000-foot primary runway (16R/34L) with full instrument landing capabilities, and a 4,000-foot training runway (16L/34R),. The FAA airport tower operates daily from 6:00 AM to 10:45 PM,.

Notable features or history: Opened as Metropolitan Airport on December 17, 1928, VNY was established on the 25th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight,. During World War II, it became a military base to train pilots. In 1949, the City of Los Angeles purchased the airport, and its name was changed to San Fernando Valley Airport before finally becoming Van Nuys Airport in 1957,. The airport was a filming location for scenes in the 1942 film *Casablanca* and the 1939 film *The Flying Deuces*.

Current status: VNY remains a highly active general aviation airport, with over 300,000 takeoffs and landings in 2021. It hosts over 200 businesses, including fixed-base operators (FBOs) that provide services like aircraft storage, fuel, sales, flight instruction, charter, and maintenance. A partial nighttime curfew is in place for some fixed-wing aircraft, prohibiting Stage 2 jets from departing between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., and Stage 3 jets from departing between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. unless their certificated departure noise rating is below 74 dBA. Medical, military, and government emergency operations are exempt, and there is no curfew on arrivals. The airspace at VNY is Class D and underlies the Burbank Class C airspace.

*Sources researched: iflyvny.com, faa.gov, en.wikipedia.org, lawa.org*