Oxnard Airport

Oxnard Airport
Ventura County Army Airfield

IATA: OXR – ICAO: KOXR – FAA LID: OXR
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner County of Ventura
Serves Oxnard, California
Elevation AMSL 45 ft / 14 m
Coordinates 34°12′03″N 119°12′26″W / 34.20083°N 119.20722°W / 34.20083; -119.20722Coordinates: 34°12′03″N 119°12′26″W / 34.20083°N 119.20722°W / 34.20083; -119.20722
Maps

FAA airport diagram
OXR

Location of airport in California

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 5,953 1,814 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 55,323
Based aircraft 157

Oxnard Airport (IATA: OXR, ICAO: KOXR, FAA LID: OXR) is a county owned, public airport a mile west of downtown Oxnard, in Ventura County, California.[1] The airport has not had scheduled passenger service since June 8, 2010, when United Express (operated via a code sharing agreement with United Airlines by SkyWest Airlines) ended flights to Los Angeles International Airport.[2]

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 15,961 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 12,060 in 2009 and 4,074 in 2010.[4] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008 (over 10,000 per year).[5]

History

Ventura County opened Oxnard Airport in 1934 by clearing a 3,500 ft dirt runway. In the 1930s aviator Howard Hughes erected a tent at the airport to shelter his famous H-1 monoplane racer, which he tested from the dirt strip. In 1938 Ventura County paved the dirt runway and built a large hangar. In 1939 James McLean opened the Oxnard Flying School with a Piper J-3 Cub and a Kinner 2-seat airplane. Housing was built nearby for instructors and students at the school.[6]

In late 1941, the airport was assigned to the U.S. Navy until the Naval Air Station at Point Mugu could be completed. The Navy moved to NAS Point Mugu in 1945 and the Oxnard Flying School returned to the airport. Ventura County regained control of the airport in 1948, receiving a final quitclaim deed. The state of California issued the airport an operating permit in 1949.

Past airline service

Scheduled airline flights started in 1946 on Southwest Airways Douglas DC-3s on a multistop route between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Southwest changed its name to Pacific Air Lines which added Martin 4-0-4s followed by Fairchild F-27s. In 1968 Pacific merged with Bonanza Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West which became Hughes Airwest which continued to serve Oxnard with F-27s until replaced by Golden West Airlines and other commuter airlines in 1973-74. Golden West flights were mainly de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters Short 330s to Los Angeles (LAX), San Diego and Santa Barbara.[7] Other flights included Wings West Beech 99s to Los Angeles and Desert Pacific Airlines Pipers nonstop to San Francisco, Sacramento and Las Vegas.[8] Oxnard never had scheduled jet flights; it did have Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias on United Express nonstop to San Francisco in the 1990s. Most flights from Oxnard were to LAX with a few flights to Santa Barbara, Santa Maria and other cities. in 1985, Evergreen Airspur, a division of Evergreen International Airlines, was operating de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters to LAX.[9] By the late 1980s into the mid 1990s, two airlines flew Oxnard-LAX: American Eagle operated by Wings West flying Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners and United Express operated by West Air flying British Aerospace BAe Jetstream 31s.[10] The United Express service would later be taken over by SkyWest Airlines Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias before this airline left Oxnard, the end of scheduled passenger flights at the airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Oxnard Airport covers 216 acres (87 ha) at an elevation of 45 feet (14 m) above mean sea level. Its one runway, 7/25, is 5,953 by 100 feet (1,814 x 30 m) asphalt.[1]

In 2010 the airport had 55,323 aircraft operations, average 151 per day: 92% general aviation, 8% air taxi, and <1% military. 157 aircraft were then based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, and 5% helicopter.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for OXR (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "United Express plans to end service to Oxnard Airport". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009. External link in |work= (help)
  4. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  6. ↑ Historic Resources Report, 1600 W. Fifth Street, Oxnard, CA (Mira Loma Apartments) San Buenaventura Research Associates, Santa Paula, California 18 February 2008
  7. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide
  8. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 and July 1, 1983 Official Airline Guide
  9. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 1, 1985 Official Airline Guide
  10. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1989; Oct. 1, 1991; April 2, 1995 Official Airline Guide

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