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) and about 53 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 4 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 66,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Compton/Woodley Airport?
Its FAA code is CPM, and its ICAO code is KCPM.
Where is Compton/Woodley Airport?
It is 2 miles southwest of Compton, California, 99 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Compton/Woodley Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 07L/25R, is 3,323 feet long.
Does Compton/Woodley Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Compton/Woodley Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Compton/Woodley Airport?
7 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including A&E Flying Club of Los Angeles and Beach Cities Aviation Academy LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Compton/Woodley Airport?
35 pilot examiners and 48 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Compton/Woodley Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal (5 nm northwest), Long Beach (Daugherty Field) (6 nm southeast), Los Angeles International (9 nm west), Fullerton Municipal (13 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 49 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 66,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 30,000 |
| general aviation, local | 36,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- A&E Flying Club of Los Angeles 4 aircraft · Hawthorne, 6 miles away
- Beach Cities Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Hawthorne, 6 miles away
- Aces High Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · Long Beach, 7 miles away Aces High Aviation is a Part 61 flight school at Long Beach Airport (KLGB) in California, established in 2010.
- Pacific Air Flight School LLC 2 aircraft · Long Beach, 7 miles away
- West End Flyers INC 1 aircraft · San Pedro, 11 miles away
- Santa Monica Flyers INC 3 aircraft · Santa Monica, 15 miles away
- Tiger Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Santa Monica, 15 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
35 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 34 for private pilot, 30 for commercial and instrument, 13 for airline transport pilot, 22 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 5 for type ratings; 29 for airplanes, 17 for multi-engine airplanes, 6 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 6 sport aviation examiners, 48 aviation medical examiners, 10 mechanic examiners, 10 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 7 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 33 engineering representatives, 37 training center evaluators, 4 training center examiners.
- Andrew Joseph Strack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Beach Cities Aviation · Hawthorne, CA (5 nm) · (714) 883-8410 · [email protected]
- Brian Petschauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, commercial pilot; helicopters · Anthelion Helicopters (KLGB) · Long Beach, CA (6 nm) · (818) 590-4441 · [email protected]
- Matthew David Harlin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Long Beach, CA (6 nm) · (714) 651-7765 · [email protected]
- Michael Jesch private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pacific Air Flight School · Long Beach, CA (6 nm) · (714) 588-9346 · [email protected]
- Ronald Darren Malm private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Signature FBO · Long Beach, CA (6 nm) · (760) 914-3104 · [email protected]
- Ryan Davis private pilot; airplanes · Signal Hill, CA (6 nm) · (949) 412-3241 · [email protected]
- Daniel Gene Benton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Torrance, CA (7 nm) · (310) 237-2630 · [email protected]
- Dixon Howard instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Business Center · El Segundo, CA (8 nm) · (562) 760-1461 · [email protected]
All 190 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Compton 8 aircraft · 4 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopters
- Fly Compton Aeronautical Education Foundation 4 aircraft in town
- Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum INC 2 aircraft in town
- A&E Flying Club of Los Angeles 4 aircraft · flying club
- Beach Cities Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Aces High Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 32 since 1982 · 6 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CPM.json.
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 27, 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.