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AirCal MD-80 jet at John Wayne Airport, 1981. After the Orange County Airport was renamed John Wayne Airport on June 20, 1979, [15] the John Wayne Associates commissioned sculptor Robert Summers to create a bronze statue of "the Duke". The 9-foot (2.7 m) statue, created at Hoka Hey Foundry in Dublin, Texas, was dedicated to the County on ...
Managed jet aircraft are based at general aviation airports across the U.S. Clay Lacy also operates a full-service FBO at Van Nuys Airport and began operating an FBO at Orange County's John Wayne Airport in January 2021. [9] [10] A Clay Lacy Aviation FBO at Waterbury-Oxford Airport, announced in 2020, is set to open in 2024. [11] [12] [13]
The airport is named after Brigadier General William J. Fox, "a Marine war hero, a movie stunt man, the first Los Angeles County engineer and, for 20 years after his retirement, a cowboy." [ 2 ] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. [ 3 ]
Initial proposals included a commercial airport, housing, and the Great Park. In 2001, Orange County voters passed Measure W, authorizing the former air station's use as a central park/nature preserve and multi-use development. The measure was passed, which led to the designation of the land as the Great Park.
A firefighting helicopter battles the Airport fire in Orange County, which has grown to more than 9,000 acres. ... The blaze started about 1:30 p.m. Monday along the 32200 block of Trabuco Creek ...
Orange County Airport covers an area of 596 acres (241 ha) at an elevation of 364 feet (111 m) above mean sea level.It has two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 is 5,006 by 100 feet (1,526 by 30 m) and 8/26 is 3,664 by 100 feet (1,117 by 30 m).
Prior to its civil usage, the facility was George Air Force Base, from 1941 to 1992 a United States Air Force flight training facility. The airport is home to Southern California Aviation, a large transitional facility for commercial aircraft. [1] As a logistics airport, it is designed for business, military, and freight use.
For the 12-month period ending December 15, 2001, the airport had 11,332 aircraft operations, an average of 51 per day: 93% general aviation and 7% air taxi. In August 2017, there were 29 aircraft based at this airport: 24 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 1 helicopter and 2 ultra-lights.