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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Apple Valley, California | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,062 ft / 933 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°34′31.2″N117°11′10.3″W / 34.575333°N 117.186194°W /34.575333; -117.186194 | ||||||||||||||
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| Source:Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||||||
Apple Valley Airport (IATA:APV,ICAO:KAPV,FAALID:APV) is a publicairport three miles (4.8 km) north ofApple Valley inSan Bernardino County,California, United States. The airport has two runways and is used forgeneral aviation. It opened around 1970.
The first airline flights to Apple Valley were to the old airport34°31′41″N117°12′54″W / 34.528°N 117.215°W /34.528; -117.215 by Air West predecessorBonanza Air Lines from the late 1950s until 1966: DC-3s, thenFairchild F-27s.
From 1970 to 1973 Apple Valley was served byHughes Airwest (formerly called Air West) F-27s to Las Vegas, Riverside,Ontario, and Los Angeles (LAX). In 1979 commuter airline Inland Empire Airlines scheduledSwearingen Metros to Ontario, Los Angeles,Bullhead City, and Las Vegas.[2]
The airport has two runways:
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