Van Nuys Airport

Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) is the busiest general aviation airport in the world by movement count, sitting in the San Fernando Valley about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles and the same distance west of Hollywood. It is the original LA bizjet airport — long before Hawthorne, Burbank, or Long Beach became charter alternatives, KVNY was where the studios kept their fleets and where east-coast charters delivered talent to set. That history shows in the FBO lineup: Signature, Castle & Cooke, Jet Aviation, Clay Lacy, and several boutique operators, with covered ramp and large-cabin hangar space that is in genuine demand year-round. The primary runway 16R/34L is 8,001 feet, comfortably accommodating heavies and ultra-long-range jets like the G650, Global 7500, and Falcon 8X. Hot summer afternoons in the Valley do produce real density-altitude effects despite the modest 802-foot field elevation — temperatures push into the high 90s°F regularly, and a 90+°F takeoff on a heavy jet uses noticeably more runway than the same operation at the coast. The mandatory noise curfew between 2200 and 0700 local for non-quiet aircraft is the operational reality that defines scheduling out of KVNY; brokers routinely route loud or older equipment through Burbank (KBUR) or Long Beach (KLGB) to avoid it.