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[[Federal Aviation Administration]] records say the airport had 15,961 passenger boardings (enplanements) in [[calendar year]] 2008,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf | title=Enplanements for CY 2008 | publisher=Federal Aviation Administration | work=CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data | date=December 18, 2009 | format=PDF, 1.0 MB}}</ref> 12,060 in 2009 and 4,074 in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf | title=Enplanements for CY 2010 | publisher=Federal Aviation Administration | work=CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data | date=October 4, 2011 | format=PDF, 189 KB}}</ref> The [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2011–2015 [[FAA airport categories|called]] it a ''primary commercial service'' airport based on enplanements in 2008 (over 10,000 per year).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf | title=2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A | publisher=Federal Aviation Administration | work=National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems | date=October 4, 2010 | format=PDF, 2.03 MB}}</ref> By the time of the next NPIAS report, for 2015-20192015–2019, Oxnard Airport had been downgraded to a regional [[general aviation]] airport with only 19 enplanements.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/npias-2015-2019-report-appendix-a.pdf | title=2015–2019 NPIAS Report, Appendix A | publisher=Federal Aviation Administration | work=faa.gov | date=January 20, 2015 | format=PDF, 7.89 MB}}</ref>

Ventura County opened Oxnard Airport in 1934 by clearing a 3,500&nbsp;ft dirt [[runway]]. In the 1930s [[aviator]] [[Howard Hughes]] erected a tent at the airport to shelter his famous [[Hughes H-1 Racer|H-1 monoplane racer]], which he tested from the dirt strip.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-07-01|title=South Coast Airport Gets Major Grant To Redo Runway|url=https://www.kclu.org/2021-07-01/south-coast-airport-gets-major-grant-to-redo-runway|access-date=2021-07-01|work=KCLU|language=en}}</ref> In 1938 Ventura County paved the dirt runway and built a large [[hangar]]. In 1939 James McLean opened the Oxnard Flying School with a [[Piper J-3|Piper J-3 Cub]] and a [[Kinner]] 2-seat airplane. Housing was built nearby for instructors and students at the school.<ref>[http://www.historicresources.com/reps/Mira_Loma_web.pdf Historic Resources Report, 1600 W. Fifth Street, Oxnard, CA (Mira Loma Apartments)] San Buenaventura Research Associates, Santa Paula, California 18 February 2008</ref>

Hughes Airwest ended all service to Oxnard in the early 1970s and was then replaced by [[Golden West Airlines]] and other commuter air carriers. Golden West operated [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]] and [[Short 330]] turboprops nonstop to Los Angeles ([[LAX]]), San Diego and Santa Barbara.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide</ref> According to the [[Official Airline Guide]] (OAG), in the fall of 1979 Golden West was operating shuttle service from LAX to the airport with 15 nonstop flights operated every weekday with Twin Otter commuter turboprops.<ref>Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American edition, Oxnard (OXR) flight schedules</ref> Other service included [[Wings West]] with [[Beech 99]] turboprops to Los Angeles and Desert Pacific Airlines flying [[Piper Aircraft|Piper]] twin prop aircraft nonstop to San Francisco, Sacramento and Las Vegas.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 and July 1, 1983 Official Airline Guide</ref> By 1980, [[Golden Gate Airlines]] was operating nonstop service to Bakersfield, Las Vegas, Monterey, and Santa Barbara with direct service to San Francisco.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, April 1, 1980 Golden Gate Airlines route map</ref> Also in 1980, Santa Barbara-based Apollo Airways was operating nine nonstop flights every weekday with [[Handley Page Jetstream]] commuter propjets from Santa Barbara (SBA) with direct connecting service from Bakersfield (BFL), Fresno (FAT), Las Vegas (LAS), Monterey (MRY), Oakland (OAK), Sacramento (SMF), San Francisco ([[SFO]]) and San Jose (SJC) via Santa Barbara.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://departedflights2.com/apollo-airways-system-september-1-1980-system-timetable/|title = Apollo Airways System September 1, 1980 System Timetable|date = 24 February 2022}}</ref> In 1981, two airlines were serving the airport according to the [[Official Airline Guide]] (OAG): Golden West Airlines with ten nonstop flights every weekday from Los Angeles ([[LAX]]) plus two nonstop flights every weekday from San Diego (SAN) primarily flown with Twin Otter aircraft with some flights being operated with the Short 330, and Santa Barbara-based Apollo Airways operating [[Handley Page Jetstream]] propjetsJetstreams with five nonstop flights every weekday from Santa Barbara (SBA) with this Apollo service featuring connecting flights via Santa Barbara from the California cities of Bakersfield (BFL), Fresno (FAT), Monterey (MRY), Oakland (OAK), Sacramento (SMF), San Francisco ([[SFO]]) and San Jose (SJC).<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Oxnard & Santa Barbara flight schedules</ref>

Oxnard never received scheduled jet service; however, the airport did have [[Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia]] propjet service operated by [[WestAir]] as [[United Express]] nonstop to San Francisco (SFO) in the 1990s. By 2001, [[America West Express]] operated by [[Mesa Airlines]] via a [[code sharing]] agreement with [[America West Airlines]] was flying nonstop service to [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] (PHX) with [[de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8]] propjets.<ref>https://departedflights2.com/airlines-serving-oxnard-in -june-2001/</ref> Most service was operated to [[LAX]] with a few flights to Santa Barbara, Santa Maria and other cities at this time. In 1985, Evergreen Airspur, a division of [[Evergreen International Airlines]], was operating [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]]s to LAX.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 1, 1985 Official Airline Guide</ref> In 1987 Resort Commuter Airlines was operating nonstop service to LAX as a [[Trans World Express]] air carrier on behalf of [[Trans World Airlines]] ([[TWA]]).<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, June 1, 1987 Resort Commuter Airlines route map</ref> By 1988 Qwest Air was flying nonstop service to San Diego (SAN) and Sacramento (SMF) with [[Dornier 228]] commuter turboprops.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, March 14, 1988 Qwest Air route map</ref> Also during the late 1980s into the mid -1990s, two airlines were flying Oxnard-LAX service: [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] operated by [[Wings West]] flying [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner]] propjets and [[United Express]] operated by [[WestAir]] flying [[British Aerospace]] [[BAe Jetstream 31]] propjets.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1989; Oct. 1, 1991; April 2, 1995 Official Airline Guide</ref> The United Express service would later be taken over by [[SkyWest Airlines]] with this airline operating [[Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia]]s. United Express subsequently ended all scheduled passenger flights at the airport and Oxnard no longer has passenger airline service but is served by two cargo airlines.

California Air Shuttle was a commuter airline based at the Oxnard Airport.<ref>{{cite news |url=httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-10/business/-fi-212_1_commuter212-airlinesstory.html|title=Tiny Commuter Airline Faces Unfriendly Skies : Aviation: Oxnard-based California Air Shuttle plans a stock offering despite having only one plane and one route. |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=James F. |last=Peltz |date=July 10, 1990| access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref> In 1990, it briefly operated nonstop service with a [[Swearingen Metro II]] propjet aircraft between the airport and Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento.<ref>http://www.departedflights.com, Jan. 1990 California Air Shuttle route map</ref> This new start-up air carrier quickly went out of business.

Oxnard Airport covers 230 [[acre]]s (93 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of 45 feet (14 m) above [[mean sea level]]. Its one [[runway]], 7/25, is 5,953 by 100 feet (1,814 x 30 m) asphalt.<ref name="FAA" /> Fuel, parking and hangar space is available from private vendors at the airport.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Varela |first=Brian J. |date=August 9, 2023 |title=Oxnard Airport runway, other airfield roadways get $41 million rehab |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2023/08/09/41-million-repaving-project-underway-at-oxnard-airport/70533707007/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>

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