Private jet airports in Los Angeles

The City of Los Angeles owns it through Los Angeles World Airports, and it is the busiest private airport in the region, with 28,263 private jet departures in 2025. Jets use the 8,001 ft runway, 16R-34L, which takes every business jet up to the Global 7500. The limit here is noise, not length. No aircraft certified at 77 dBA or more on take-off may use the airport at any hour, and those at 74 dBA or more may not take off between 10 pm and 7 am, or from 11 pm for Stage 3 aircraft. Most current jets are certified well below 74 dBA and fly at any hour, by the airport's own account; we check each aircraft's figure when we quote.

Customs is on the field, in a user-fee facility at Signature West, on hours that change by the day, and landing is requested at least 24 hours ahead. Since 1 March 2026 every visiting aircraft pays a landing fee by its weight.

The FBOs at Van Nuys

Five private terminals, or FBOs, from three companies.

• Signature

  Three terminals. Signature West, on Hayvenhurst Place, houses the customs facility; Signature East is on Valjean Avenue, on the other side of the field. Both are open around the clock. Signature North, the former Castle & Cooke, joined Signature in September 2026 and opens from 5 am to 9.30 pm.

• Clay Lacy Aviation

  Open around the clock on Valjean Avenue, where the company has worked for more than 50 years, with its own repair station and sustainable aviation fuel.

• Jet Aviation

  Open around the clock on Roscoe Boulevard, with a 10,000 sq ft terminal and hangars that take aircraft up to the G700 and the Global 7500.

Four runways of up to 12,923 ft take any aircraft, and the airport is open around the clock. There is no curfew: from midnight to 6.30 am arrivals approach over the ocean, and engine run-ups are banned from 11 pm to 6 am. From abroad, permission to land must be in place before the aircraft leaves, and passengers clear customs and leave from the same building.

The FBOs at LAX

• Signature

  Open around the clock at 6201 West Imperial Highway.

• Atlantic Aviation

  Open around the clock at 6411 West Imperial Highway.

The cities of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena own the airport through their airport authority. The two runways, 6,886 ft and 5,802 ft, take light, midsize and most large-cabin jets; for the longest flights at full weight we compare Van Nuys. There is no customs for private flights, so an arrival from abroad clears at Van Nuys or LAX first. The airport's voluntary curfew from 10 pm to 7 am is for the airlines; its noise rules let Stage 3 aircraft fly at night and bar Stage 2 jets at any hour.

The FBOs at Burbank

• Atlantic Aviation

  On Empire Avenue, open from 4.30 am to 10.30 pm, and around the clock by arrangement.

• Hollywood Burbank Jet Center

  A former Million Air franchise, part of the Paragon network since July 2026.

The city's noise ordinance shapes the night. Every runway but 12-30 closes from 10 pm to 7 am, and on 12-30 each take-off and landing has a noise limit that tightens after 10 pm and again after 11 pm, so a quiet jet can leave late and a loud one cannot. Jets not certified to Stage 3 need 24 hours' notice, and there is no customs for private flights.

The FBOs at Long Beach

• Signature

  Open around the clock on East Spring Street.

• Atlantic Aviation

  Open around the clock.

The site is to become a park, and it is not an airport we plan most jet flights around. Until then it takes turboprops and some light jets, within a noise limit for every aircraft and a curfew: no engine starts or take-offs from 11 pm to 7 am on weekdays, or to 8 am at weekends. The city counts jet traffic down by 81% since the runway was shortened. Atlantic Aviation runs the FBO, and there is no customs.

The FBO at Santa Monica

• Atlantic Aviation

  On Donald Douglas Loop North, open from 6 am to 10.30 pm.