Apple Valley Airport is a public

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three miles (4.8 km) north of Apple Valley in

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, United States. The airport has two runways and is used for

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. It opened around 1970.

Past airline service

The first airline flights to Apple Valley were to the old airport by Air West predecessor

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from the late 1950s until 1966: DC-3s, then

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s. From 1970 to 1973 Apple Valley was served by

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(formerly called Air West) F-27s to Las Vegas, Riverside,

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, and Los Angeles (

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). In 1979 commuter airline Inland Empire Airlines scheduled

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s to Ontario, Los Angeles,

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, and Las Vegas.http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 Inland Empire map

Facilities

The airport has two runways: * 18/36: 6,498 x 150 ft (1,981 x 46 m),

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* 8/26: 4,099 x 60 ft (1,249 x 18 m), asphalt

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