The first airline flights were Empire Airlines Boeing 247Ds in late 1946; successors West Coast, Air West and Hughes Airwest served Ontario until 1973.
Facilities
The airport covers 480 acres (194 ha) at an elevation of 2,193 feet (668 m). Its one runway, 15/33, is 5,006 by 100 feet (1,526 x 30 m) asphalt.[1]
In the year ending September 18, 2019, the airport had 12,930 general aviation aircraft operations, average 35 per day. 61 aircraft were then based at the airport: 55 single-engine, 2 jet, 1 helicopter, and 3 glider.[1]
This list is incomplete. Snake River Correctional Institution is not in the Ontario city limits. Annex Charter School has an Ontario address but is away from Ontario, in the community of Annex