Agua Dulce Airpark , also known as Agua Dulce Airport, is a public-use airport located east of the

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of Agua Dulce, in

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. The plans for an airport at Agua Dulce began in 1958. Aircraft modification engineer Robert W. Lillibridge and Northrop test pilot Errol Williams purchased the vacant acreage for the airport. The costs of subsequent improvements were financed by millionaire businessman Jim Annin. A special permit to begin building was required. On October 27, 1959, special permit case No. 1404-(5) was granted by the Regional Planning Commission of Los Angeles County. In the 1990s, local residents fought an attempt by

to buy the airpark and convert it to a regional airport. In October 2005, former airport owner Barry Kirschner sold the property to Wayne and Connie Spears, owners of Spears Manufacturing and

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Facilities and aircraft

Agua Dulce Airpark covers an area of which contains one

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paved

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(4/22) measuring 4,600 x 50 ft (1,402 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending May 15, 2006, the airport had 2,880 aircraft operations: 62% transient

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and 38% local general aviation.

In popular culture

The airport has been used as a filming location for projects including: * The 1983 video for the

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" was filmed at this airport. * The ''Macgyver'' TV series used the airport as the "Sparrow Ridge Airport", Arizona, in Season 1, episode 7, "Last Stand" (1985). * In the 1989 film ''

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scene was filmed at the airport. * For the 1997 film '' Fire Down Below'', a gas station/minimart set was built on the runway. * The ''Roswell'' TV series used this in at least five episodes, over three seasons (1999–2002): the gas station and the cafe exterior in season 1, the airport as a background and the interior of the cafe in season 2, and the hill that faces the runway in season 3. The view in the distance was used as a distant shot of the town of Roswell in promotional materials. * The final act of the 200th episode of the TV series ''Bones'' (Season 10, 2014) was filmed at the airport. * ''

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References

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* {{Greater Los Angeles Airports Airports in Los Angeles County, California