Airplane Graveyard in Victorville CA 

Spent 4 years of my life repairing and cleaning the flight line and the runways of the ol' George AFB 1981- 1985. Seeing this, as well as the mountain by Oro Grande sure brings back memories. Thank you for posting.

Weird seeing my town on a RU-vid video lmao. My family has a trucking business, we paved those runways. This is an old Air Force base, it’s now used for military training and drone testing

Many moons ago I was out there looking around. I had just returned from Tokyo 2 weeks earlier on a United 747 to LAX. In talking to one of the crew they told me that this would be that aircrafts last flight. So when I was out there and went over to look around, there was that aircraft! I knew it because it had an engine nacelle on it with the newer United color scheme that I remembered seeing when I boarded the plane in Narita. I'm guessing they offloaded the plane at LAX and then the next day or something flew it out to Victorville.

Great catch. The two 747-800s at the 1:31 mark are destined to be the new VC-25s for the future POTUS

Some great impressions from that place!

I really enjoyed this.

Crazy seeing 777 retired now.

Man see these everytime I go down the road crazy how they just sit around

I flew on N713AS back in January 2016, I was coming back from mexico and made a layover in Los Angeles, from there i boarded that 737-400 and flew to seattle. Pretty nice plane

I was there 20 years ago and that same GE 747 was there! It had the airstairs attached to it too.

Cracking video buddy, what a location those mountains in the background are stunning too

Awesome video... Thank you for sharing

My mom and I flew on a United Boeing 747 plane from SFO to HKG back in 2010 and it was right before they retired in 2017.

Awwwww beautiful 747’s rip 😘😘💔💔

I use to work for the mro responsible for all of these aircraft ( comav) a lot of these parts are still in effectivity.

I live in Hesperia but I never even knew this existed lol

The L10-11 was the best 😍

It would nice to make a museum of flight's in the desert. With all the goodies😉😥

You know, I didnt know there was one you can go to in California. I do know generally each one of these caters to the regional airlines. Thanks for the share. 👍

Fabulous!!. What a crowd of "birds". Very good movie!!

Great stuff! What a sad sight. Seeing these birds once filled with life... Now lifeless😪

Cool video 👏🏼

Great video! So sad seeing all these planes so lifeless.

Great to see a -200 747 still airworthy

I think the DC-8-73 at the beginning of this video now flies for Samaritan's Purse😎👍. Sad to see the other stuff being parted out☹👎..

Look at all those FedEx planes! That company sure runs their equipment HARD!

Did u get this close or u need to have a permit? I’m thinking of going there during my next trip to LA

I wish they would allow the use of the runway for local drag races!....like on the weekends maybe!

Lots and lots of stories go with each and every one of those aircraft. Think of the millions and millions of pax as well as miles theses planes h e seen.

I love the Big Planes, I use to go to LAX in the early 70;s on the roof tops to watch them take off and land. The louder those turbines roared the more exciting it was. It’s sad the Big 747, and that Silver Wing Monster in the skies, the Airbus A380 at it’s final destination in the Boneyard in Victorville. Last youtube video I saw, there were still several Airbus A380’s being built, So they’ll be going straight to the boneyard. This COVID pendemic is has changed the world. Maybe one day we’ll see them fly again in the not too far future.

Great video! Thx for sharing:)

A lot of those planes are being refurbished, not necessarily done with their flying days. The Southwest planes are the 787’s that they’ve been having problems with. There is an airplane graveyard in that area, but a lot of that footage isn’t of the graveyard but rather just the area in which planes are being refurbished.

In that same area they build brand new planes. It's the circle of life

Some planes are long term storage. Others are set for demolition. I used to work there

Are you able to tour around the planes?

That United 747 is so sad

This area is located on the old George AFB, Victorville,Ca

Viewers you have to remember these aircraft have a "shelf" life, that life is driven by the cost to keep it flying, there comes a time (not always) but it's cheaper or even profitable to part the aircraft out than keep sinking money into it you will never see a return on, is for how expensive fuel is vs newer more fuel efficient aircraft. As mentioned above supply and demand for spare parts, you can make a good return $$ so it's an easy decision to part it out. Another big factor is how many aircraft Airbus and Boeing and producing a month, also many countries today won't allow aircraft to be registered if they are older than 15 years old. I think I saw S Korea last week won't allow aircraft older than 10 years to be flown or registered in that country by local airlines. There are more reasons than I want to go into here, but the above are just some big factors when a Airline, Bank, lessor and owner is deciding if they want to go down this road on ferrying one of these aircraft to places like Victorville. But just remember not all these aircraft will get parted out some will be put into a long term storage program and after a few years when it makes sense start flying it again. Delta Airlines did this last month with a 777 that had been out of service for 1-2 years in storage that was put back into service. - Just viewing the video I see some aircraft that will be used for cargo conversion for Amazon and other cargo airlines.

Is it closed to the public like can I roll through

3:50 god *I miss those Allegiant MD-80s!*

That’s a lot of southwest 737s, I recognize the United 747. Really miss those wish they were still flying them. Interesting fact those two generic 747-400s may become the new Air Force One but it isn’t confirmed. I really want to take a trip out to here it seems worth it seeing a those FedEx aircraft, retired 747s, 777s, 737s, 717s, some airbus aircraft too. Is that L1011 in the beginning still airworthy because it looks like it could be, you never know right.

Can the public visit this facility?

impressive , nice video

Great video, but so sad to see the United 747 at 0:43!

Super Aircrafts sad to see this nice video

Great video

Great video! Kind regards from Croatia :-)

I would love to buy one just to have it in my back yard.. MAN CAVE

It should be Adelanto's they lost it in a court battle with Victorville back in the 90s

Wow! This video just left me speechless. Partly because of how many planes there are and partly because of how sad it is, especially knowing that some of these planes were flying just a few years ago.

Ok when in Victorville I live here never seen them

Thats a lot of metal to recycle..I live in VV and kinda suprised somebody hasnt tried to sneak in their to rip a plane apart for recycle metal..

Typical windy day in the high desert

It's already a matter of time until the 737 Max ends up there having no more than 100 flight hours per plane.

Pulls a parts

Very sorry planes! +26

Your allowed to go in tjere

What? No PanAm jets?

At 4:40 LV-ZPO Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340-200 , ex Cathay Pacific, ex Philippines Airlines, last year of service 2014. Excellent video, thanks for upload it.

SCLA in Victorville is a fully operational airport. One day in 20 years it will be a major hub for the transportation of goods and trade. Most of the aircraft, are functional and be readied for flight status. The cities surrounding the airport can be part of a master plan that can nurture, fund and promote future 22nd century technologies. Only… can the people chose the right political leadership?

Nice video my friend👍🙂

Mojave desert

Why don' they just sell it to Philippines airlines as most of the company's aircraft is from other airlines

Weird how there’s a Russian plane sitting there.

i flew on one of those southwest 737's in the 1980's (as opposed to the 1880's) and i need to retrieve a lost wallet off of it. Do i have permission to come aboard?

Sad to see those aircrafts

Airplane mobile home is what I'm thinking.

747- SP at 1:50!!!

Wheres the Mexican presidential plane ?

is not in victorville