County of San Bernardino: Economic Development Agency

Air Cargo Hub

Ontario International Airport

Ontario International Airport is the second-largest facility within Los Angeles World Airports. The agency also owns and operates LAX as well as smaller airports in Palmdale and Van Nuys.

Ontario International is a medium-hub, full-service airport with major commercial jet service to major U.S. cities and some international destinations. With new, spacious terminals, the facility accommodated more than seven million passengers last year. The Southern California Association of Governments, the primary planning agency for the region, projects Ontario International as a 30 million passenger airport by 2030. At that size, the airport would rival places like Phoenix and Detroit.

Today, the airport is a prominent player on the cargo stage, hosting a UPS regional hub as well as a major FedEx facility. Ontario International rivals Philadelphia among the 15 busiest in the nation and cracked the 35 largest in the world in 2005.

For more information, visit www.lawa.org/ont.

San Bernardino International Airport

The San Bernardino International Airport provides a competitive business edge for cargo, passenger airlines and general aviation. SBD has the capacity to provide regional air service for both domestic and international traffic, along with the necessary support facilities for both major and smaller airlines.

San Bernardino International is capable of handling all aircraft sizes and types, including the much-anticipated Airbus A380.

For more information, visit www.sbdairport.com.

Southern California Logistics Airport

Specializing in goods movement, Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA) is a world-class facility for international and domestic air cargo needs.

The airport can accommodate all commercial and military aircraft with 24-hour tower operation and emergency response capabilities. Its 15,050-foot-runway accommodates the largest aircraft.

Carriers such as FedEx Express, Cargolux, ASB Air, Atlas Air, MK International and the U.S. military utilize SCLA to take advantage of its timely, cost-effective goods movement.

SCLA is designated as a U.S. Customs Port of Entry. Its General Purpose Foreign Trade Zone offers importers and exporters the opportunity to defer, reduce or eliminate duties while storing or transporting certain products.

The airport is also a top contender for a $200 million intermodal facility planned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. The city of Victorville is willing to invest approximately $25 million to construct a necessary rail spur to SCLA, regardless of the decision by BNSF. Inland Empire economist John Husing estimates that an intermodal or multimodal facility at SCLA would create thousands of jobs and process more than 800 million pounds of cargo per year.

For more information, visit www.sbdairport.com.