List of airports in the Los Angeles area

The following is a list of airports in the Los Angeles Area:

International airports

• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX) is owned by the city of Los Angeles. The airport is located to the west of the city and is, by far, the busiest airport serving the city.^[1] It is the fifth busiest commercial airport in the world and the third busiest in the United States; in 2006, LAX handled over 61 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo.^[1]

See also World's busiest airport article.

• LA/Ontario International Airport (IATA: ONT, ICAO: KONT), owned by the city of Los Angeles; serves the Inland Empire. This airport is located to the east, in the bedroom community city of Ontario, California and is the next most prominent airport after LAX.^[1]

Domestic airline service

• Bob Hope Airport (formerly Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport) (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR) is located in the middle north-east of the city. It is limited to a small number of passenger airlines and serves the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys.
• John Wayne Airport (IATA: SNA, ICAO: KSNA) is located to the south-east of the city, in the city of Santa Ana, in the northern part of Orange County.
• Long Beach Airport (IATA: LGB, ICAO: KLGB) is located to the south of the city, in the city of Long Beach.
• LA/Palmdale Regional Airport (IATA: PMD, ICAO: KPMD) is located north of the city, in Palmdale. The airport is owned by the city of Los Angeles and serves the northern outlying communities of the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys.^[1]
• Palm Springs International Airport (IATA: PSP, ICAO: KPSP) is located very far east of the city, near Palm Springs, and serves the Coachella Valley area of Riverside County.

Military Airfields

• Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles - shares an airfield with Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) (see above).
• Los Alamitos Army Airfield is in Orange County.
• March Joint Air Reserve Base is in Riverside County.
• Naval Air Station Point Mugu is in Ventura County.
• U.S. Air Force Plant 42 - shares an airfield with LA/Palmdale Regional Airport (see above).

Towered General Aviation airports

• Brackett Field (IATA: POC, ICAO: KPOC) is in La Verne.
• Camarillo Airport (IATA: CMA, ICAO: KCMA) is in Camarillo.
• Chino Airport (IATA: CNO, ICAO: KCNO) is in Chino.
• El Monte Airport (IATA: EMT, ICAO: KEMT) is in El Monte.
• Fullerton Municipal Airport (IATA: FUL, ICAO: KFUL) is in Fullerton.
• General William J. Fox Airfield (IATA: WJF, ICAO: KWJF) is in Lancaster.
• Hawthorne Municipal Airport (IATA: HHR, ICAO: KHHR) is in Hawthorne.
• Oxnard Airport (IATA: OXR, ICAO: KOXR) is in Oxnard.
• San Bernardino International Airport (IATA: SBD, ICAO: KSBD) is in San Bernardino.
• Santa Monica Airport (IATA: SMO, ICAO: KSMO) is in Santa Monica
• Southern California Logistics Airport (IATA: VCV, ICAO: KVCV) is in Victorville in San Bernardino County, far north-east of the city.
• Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY) is in the San Fernando Valley. It is the world's busiest general aviation airport.^[1]
• Whiteman Airport (IATA: WHP, ICAO: KWHP) is in the northern San Fernando Valley.
• Zamperini Field (IATA: TOA, ICAO: KTOA) is in Torrance.

Non-towered General Aviation airports

• Apple Valley Airport (IATA: APV, ICAO: KAPV) is in Apple Valley
• Cable Airport (IATA: CCB, ICAO: KCCB) is in Upland.
• Catalina Airport (IATA: CIB, ICAO: KAVX) is near Avalon, Santa Catalina Island.
• Compton/Woodley Airport (IATA: CPM, ICAO: KCPM) is in Compton.
• Corona Municipal Airport (IATA: AJO, ICAO: KAJO) is in Corona.
• Flabob Airport (IATA: RIR, ICAO: KRIR) is in Riverside.
• Perris Valley Airport (FAA LID: L65) is in Perris.
• Redlands Municipal Airport (IATA: REI, ICAO: KREI) is in Redlands.
• Rialto Municipal Airport (FAA LID: L67) is in Rialto.

Other notable aviation facilities

• LAPD Hooper Heliport in downtown Los Angeles
• LAFD Barton Heliport in Pacoima

Notable closed airports

• Grand Central Airport near Glendale.
• Marine Corps Air Station El Toro near Irvine, now in the process of redevelopment.
• Hughes Airport near Westchester, now home to Playa Vista.
• Disneyland Helipad, at the Disneyland Hotel in Orange County, closed in 1968.

See also

• Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center
• Los Angeles World Airports
• Los Angeles Airport Police
• Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority Police

Notes and references

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Los Angeles World Airports

External links

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