Van Nuys Airport safety profile

32 recorded occurrences at or near Van Nuys Airport (19852025): 16 at the airport, 16 nearby; 6 fatal, 9 fatalities.

What happens most

By year

  • 20252 (0 fatal)
  • 20241 (0 fatal)
  • 20233 (1 fatal)
  • 20221 (0 fatal)
  • 20204 (1 fatal)
  • 20192 (1 fatal)
  • 20184 (0 fatal)
  • 20173 (0 fatal)
  • 20161 (1 fatal)
  • 20153 (1 fatal)
  • 20141 (0 fatal)
  • 20122 (0 fatal)
  • 20111 (0 fatal)
  • 20071 (1 fatal)
  • 20061 (0 fatal)
  • 19991 (0 fatal)
  • 19851 (0 fatal)

By flight phase

  • Other / unknown15
  • Landing6
  • Climb5
  • Approach3
  • On the ground2
  • Cruise1

Runway incursions

The FAA Runway Safety database records 252 runway incursions at this airport, including 4 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.

Notable investigated occurrences

Runways

  • 16R/34L: 8,001 ft, ASP, lighted
  • 16L/34R: 4,013 ft, ASP, lighted

Weather patterns

  • Fog: 11.546 days/year
  • Thunderstorms: 4.317 days/year
  • Snow: 0.1 days/year
  • Crosswind >15kt: 0.025% of observations
  • Crosswind >25kt: 0% of observations

Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.