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The Langley Regional Airport (YNJ) reached its milestone 75th anniversary in 2013. The airport occupies a 120 acre plot at 5385-216 Street in Langley. YNJ is known to be a self sustaining general aviation airport with an emphasis on helicopter operations. YNJ houses ~55 aviation businesses, restaurants, a RCAF Air Cadets squadron and the RCAF Air Cadets Gliding Program.

The Canadian Museum of Flight moved to Hangar #3 to YNJ from Surrey, BC in 1996. The museum features an impressive collection of rare aircraft and aviation artifacts.

Langley Secondary School is located at 21405 56 Avenue, and is part of the Langley School District, later School District 35 (Langley). The current school building was built in 1948. The school has been added to over the years, and in 2019 is being completely rebuilt.

'Kwantlen' translates to tireless runner. Kwantlen Traditional Territory extends from Richmond and New Westminster in the west, to Surrey and Langley in the south, east to Mission, and to the northernmost reaches of Stave Lake. The Kwantlen People have lived on this land since time immemorial.

The Kwantlen First Nation are an Indigenous group, mainly located on McMillan Island in Fort Langley. Prior to European contact, their main village was Sqaiametl, where New Westminster is today, but they moved their main settlement to Fort Langley after the Hudson's Bay Company established a fort there. The Kwantlen traded with the Fort. As Canada came together, the Kwantlen peoples' importance in the country diminished, and their affairs were turned over to an Indian Agent. Modernly, the Kwantlen have seen a cultural resurgence after times of displacement and cultural loss, as well as economic growth through their business group, Seyem' Qwantlen. Their current hereditary chief is Marilyn Gabriel. The Kwantlen are culturally a Stó:lō people, though they operate as an independent nation. They speak the Downriver dialect of Halkomelem (hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, or Hun'qumi'num). There has been a renewed focus on teaching and learning hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, one of the ways Kwantlen is reclaiming their culture.