page_title: Van Nuys Airport
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Van Nuys Airport / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Van Nuys Airport viewed from a train on the tracks to the north.
context_page_description: Van Nuys Airport is a public airport in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley section of the City 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 averages over 230,000 takeoffs and landings annually.
  The airport is home to the Van Nuys FlyAway Bus service, which runs nonstop buses to Los Angeles International Airport for travelers who 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.
context_section_description: Van Nuys Airport covers 725 acres (293 ha) and has two runways:
  16R/34L: 8,001 ft × 150 ft (2,439 m × 46 m) Asphalt
  16L/34R: 4,013 ft × 75 ft (1,223 m × 23 m) Asphalt
caption: Viewed from the rail line to the north
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