Compton/Woodley Airport
CPM · KCPM · Compton, California · Los Angeles County · map
Compton/Woodley Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Los Angeles, 2 miles southwest of Compton, California, 99 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07L/25R, is 3,323 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CPM · ICAO KCPM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Los Angeles
- Elevation
- 99 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 900 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07L/25R | 3,323 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| 07R/25L | 3,322 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07L: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 738 ft, road 19 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 25R: threshold displaced 667 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 07R: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 737 ft, road 19 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 25L: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 667 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Cpm and aWOS-3PT | 127.150 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 310-631-3022.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Compton from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Compton, California: 4 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopter, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 32 since 1982, 6 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Planes parked 145 feet north of centerline 07L/25R and 158 feet south of centerline 07R/25L.
- Activate runway end identifier lights and PAPI runway 25L; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07R/25L; north and south parl taxiways - the common traffic frequency.
- Closed nights indefinitely; only VFR operations durg day.
- 6 feet fence 70 feet from thld perpendicular to centerline +8 feet wall 90 feet from thld perpendicular to centerline; +30 feet power line 200 feet from runway end 125 feet R to 125 feet L.
- 6 feet fence 70 feet from thld perpendicular to centerline +8 feet wall 90 feet from thld perpendicular to centerline; +30 feet power line 125 feet from runway end 125 feet R to 125 feet L.
- +6 feet fence 45 feet to 70 feet from threshold, +8 feet wall 70 feet to 90 feet from threshold, +15 feet street 125 feet R 120 feet to 200 feet from threshold through 125 feet L 120 feet to 200 feet from threshold.
- +6 feet fence 60 feet to 70 feet from threshold, +8 feet wall 75 feet to 85 feet from threshold, +15 feet street 125 feet R 105 feet to 200 feet from threshold through 125 feet L 120 feet to 200 feet from threshold.
- Approach ratio to displaced thld over +40 feet tree 1195 feet from displaced thld 29:1.
- Approach ratio to displaced thld over +35 feet pole 1145 feet from displaced thld 130 feet right 32:1.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced thld.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced thld.
- Required all traffic remain south of airport. Avoid overflight of schools 2900 feet east.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.