Airport 02
Private aviation runs on a different clock, and the ground half has to match it. We track the aircraft rather than a published schedule, meet at the FBO your operator actually uses, and come planeside where the ramp allows it. Transfers from $125; hourly and as-directed from $85.
01 — The airport
Van Nuys is the busiest general-aviation airport in the world and it has no terminal building in the sense LAX does. What it has is a ring of fixed-base operators — private lounges with their own gates, their own ramps and their own addresses off Woodley, Balboa and Hayvenhurst. Arriving at the wrong one is not a short walk; it is a drive around the airfield perimeter.
We work with every FBO on the field. Clay Lacy, Signature, Castle & Cooke, Jet Edge, Airtel Plaza, Pentastar and the smaller operators. Tell us which building your flight department is using and the chauffeur will be at that gate, not near it.
Planeside when it is permitted. Most FBOs at VNY will escort a vehicle to the aircraft if the request comes in ahead of time and the operator signs off. We arrange it in advance rather than asking at the gate. Where it is refused, the chauffeur waits inside the lounge and walks out with you.
Departures work the same in reverse. Door to FBO lounge, bags handed to the ramp crew, and the car does not leave until the aircraft does — useful more often than anyone expects.
Flying commercial instead? LAX transfers cover terminals 1 to 8 and Tom Bradley, with Burbank, Long Beach, John Wayne and Ontario on request.
02 — Arrivals
From the wheels touching to the car door closing. Four things make that possible, and none of them are yours to manage.
Private flights leave when the passenger is ready, which means the arrival time on the itinerary is a guess. Dispatch follows the aircraft itself, so an hour early and two hours late are handled the same way — the chauffeur is already on the field.
We confirm the FBO with your flight department the day before rather than guessing from the last trip. The car is at that specific building, and where the ramp permits it, alongside the aircraft with the boot already open.
The chauffeur takes the cases from the ramp crew and loads them himself. Golf bags, ski tubes, camera cases and hard instrument cases are all routine here — tell us in advance and the vehicle is sized for them.
(323) 799-3190 reaches the dispatch desk at any hour. A slot that slips six hours, a diversion to Burbank, a second aircraft added at the last minute — one call and the ground plan changes with it.
Overnight and holiday arrivals are met the same way at the same price. There is no late-hour premium on any RG Black Limo booking.
03 — Drive times
| Destination | Typical drive | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sherman Oaks, Encino, Studio City | 10 – 25 minutes | Shortest run on the field |
| Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Century City | 25 – 55 minutes | Sepulveda Pass dependent |
| Hollywood, West Hollywood | 25 – 50 minutes | Cahuenga or Laurel Canyon |
| Malibu | 35 – 65 minutes | Kanan Dume or Malibu Canyon |
| Downtown LA, Pasadena | 30 – 60 minutes | 101 or 134 depending on hour |
| LAX, for a commercial connection | 35 – 70 minutes | See LAX transfers |
| Coachella Valley, Palm Springs | 2 – 3 hours | Sprinter or SUV recommended |
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The Sepulveda Pass is the one variable that matters on most of these runs. Between seven and ten in the morning, and again from three until seven, the 405 southbound can add twenty-five minutes on its own — which is why a departure to LAX gets a buffer rather than an estimate.
Set prices apply to fixed point-to-point runs. If the day involves waiting, several stops or an uncertain end time, hourly from $85 usually costs less than a string of separate transfers.
04 — Who books it
Recurring flight-department work is billed monthly against a cost centre with trip references on each line. Ask dispatch and we will set it up before the first booking.
Two passengers off a Gulfstream at Van Nuys and a hard stop downtown ninety minutes later. The car was cleared through and waiting on the ramp, and we were moving four minutes after the door came down.
05 — The cars
Decided by what comes off the aircraft, not by the passenger count. Tell us the load and we will name the class.
One to three passengers travelling light. The right car for a same-day trip where the only luggage is a briefcase and a carry-on.
Six passengers and six large cases with the third row up. The default at VNY, because private arrivals rarely travel light.
Seven to fourteen passengers with a rear luggage bay. Takes a full aircraft load — people, cases and equipment — in one vehicle.
Child seats of every size are fitted free of charge — send the ages with the booking. The Yukon Denali, Suburban RST and BMW X5 complete the six classes on the fleet page.
06 — Pricing, in the open
Everything that can change a Van Nuys total, and everything that cannot.
07 — Questions
Yes, where the FBO and the aircraft operator allow it. Give us the FBO and the tail number and we arrange ramp access in advance; where access is not granted, the chauffeur waits inside the FBO lounge instead and walks out with you.
All of them at VNY — Clay Lacy, Signature, Castle & Cooke, Jet Edge, Airtel Plaza, Pentastar and the smaller operators. Tell us which one your flight department has filed and the chauffeur will be at that specific building rather than somewhere near it.
By tail number rather than flight number. Dispatch watches the aircraft in the air and adjusts the chauffeur's departure against it, so an early arrival is met early and a two-hour slip costs you nothing and requires no phone call.
Regularly. The drive is roughly 35 to 70 minutes depending on the 405 through the Sepulveda Pass, and we build the buffer around your commercial departure rather than around the private arrival. See LAX transfers for how the airport end works.
Tell us the load and we send the right vehicle. An Escalade ESV or Suburban takes hard cases and clubs comfortably; a Sprinter handles a full aircraft-load of luggage or a larger party. Pets travel with prior notice, and child seats are fitted free of charge.
08 — Reserve
You will have the figure, the meet arrangement and the chauffeur's name back in writing before the aircraft moves. Dispatch answers every hour of the day, including holidays and overnight arrivals.
(323) 799-3190Every FBO at Van Nuys · Burbank, LAX, Long Beach, John Wayne and Ontario on request