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[[File:Oxnard Airport.jpg|thumb|left|Oxnard Airport]]
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 (
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 (
California Air Shuttle was a commuter airline based at the Oxnard Airport.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-10/business/fi-212_1_commuter-airlines|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.
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