VNY

Van Nuys Airport

ICAO KVNY34.2098°N 118.4900°W802 ft / 245 mMedium airport
On the map
VNY - FAA Airport Diagram
United States Federal Aviation Administration · Public domain · Commons

Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY) is a medium airport in Van Nuys, California, United States. It opened in Jul 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,001 ft (2,439 m). It is operated by Los Angeles World Airports. In 2025 it handled 4 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
JUL 1942
OpenedVan Nuys Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
16R/34L176° / 356° · LIT
LENGTH8,001 ft2,439 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
16L/34R176° / 356° · LIT
LENGTH4,013 ft1,223 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
448
755
2K
2K
4K
3K
13K
11K
6K
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Routes

9 destinations · 2 countries

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VNY. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Van Nuys Airport” (revision of 16 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers4K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M=3,002of 3,974 · #793 North America · #573 USLongest runway8,001 ft2,439 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,730of 29,823 · =564 North America · =419 USElevation802 ft245 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=21,314of 43,341 · =9,986 North America · =8,201 USAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =885 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DSOCAL APP/DEP120.400
ATISATIS118.450
CLDCLNC DEL126.600
CTAFCTAF119.300
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR119.300
UNICUNICOM122.950
TWRTWR120.200