Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal
HHR · KHHR · Hawthorne, California · Los Angeles County · map
Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hawthorne, 1 mile east of Hawthorne, California, 66 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,884 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 170 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 53,554 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6,008 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal?
Its FAA code is HHR, and its ICAO code is KHHR.
Where is Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal?
It is 1 mile east of Hawthorne, California, 66 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal?
Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,884 feet long, asphalt.
Does Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Merced Yosemite Regional, Jack MC Namara Field, Mammoth Yosemite, Mineta San Jose International, Bishop. Every route
Are there flight schools at Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal?
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 Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal?
35 pilot examiners and 46 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HHR · ICAO KHHR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hawthorne
- Elevation
- 66 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,100 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- M to F, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm; Saturday, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm; Sunday, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,884 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: VASI, two boxes on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 905 ft, 3,762 ft available for landing, road 13 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 25: LOCALIZER, VASI, four boxes on the right, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), threshold displaced 460 ft, 4,194 ft available for landing, pole 23 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 121.1 | Hawthorne |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.4 | Hawthorne |
| Ground | 125.1 | Hawthorne |
| Approach · Departure 146-245 hhr | 124.3 | Hawthorne · Reference is to hhr airport. |
| Approach 069-145 lax | 124.9 | Hawthorne |
| Approach 246-342 lax | 125.2 | Hawthorne |
| Approach arriving from headings 343 to 068 | 128.5 | Hawthorne |
| Irnmn and star · Rydrr and star | 124.5 | Hawthorne |
| Emmln and star | 127.0 | Hawthorne |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 310-973-8930.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Los Angeles International (4 nm west), Santa Monica Municipal (8 nm northwest), Long Beach (Daugherty Field) (11 nm southeast).
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
- When the control tower closed activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 and odals runway 25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude for turbine and high per aircraft 1600 (1534), light aircraft 1100 (1034), helicopters 700 (634).
- Localizer at runway end. Street at 110 feet from runway end 07 +37 feet pole 100 feet from east or 250 feet right; +10 feet building 100 feet from east or 200 feet right.
- +8 feet blast fence left at 70 feet on centerline; +23 feet light standard at 110 feet; street at 110 feet from runway end 25; 500 feet left and right of centerline; +6 feet fence left at 105 feet from eor 500 feet left and right of centerline.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold; approach ratio to displaced threshold over +12 feet hangar -L 0 feet from displaced threshold 225 feet left 0:1.
- Approach ratio 28:1 to displaced thld; approach ratio to displaced thld over +15 feet road 0 feet from displaced thld 150 feet right 0:1.
- <obstruction PT 77: hngrs, power lines, BLDG-ANT on runway 07; poles and terminal on runway 25.
- Be alert to 8 feet blast fence aer 25.
- (E81) north edge of north taxiway unlighted; west 1000' of south taxiway unlighted.
- Numerous flocks of birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Tgl, stop and go landing and low approach operations for all aircraft inclg helicopters ltd to 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily.
- No pattern operations, no TAXI-BACK operations MON-FRI 10:00 pm to 8:00 am, SAT-SUN 10:00 pm to 10:00 am.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 916 departures from HHR in those twelve months, carrying 6,801 passengers in 12,574 seats (54% filled), to 60 destinations (3 abroad) on 2 airlines.
All 60 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 118 |
| multi-engine | 25 |
| jets | 11 |
| helicopters | 13 |
| other | 3 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 53,554, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 4,274 |
| general aviation, travelling | 21,884 |
| general aviation, local | 27,338 |
| military | 58 |
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 Hawthorne from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Hawthorne, California: 19 piston singles, 8 turboprops, 4 airliners and large jets, 2 business jets, 1 piston twin. 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
- Beach Cities Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Hawthorne
- Santa Monica Flyers INC 3 aircraft · Santa Monica, 9 miles away
- Tiger Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Santa Monica, 9 miles away
- Aces High Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · Long Beach, 13 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, 13 miles away
- West End Flyers INC 1 aircraft · San Pedro, 14 miles away
Repair stations in Hawthorne:
- M & S Air Supply Security Aviation is an FAA-certified repair station at Hawthorne Airport in California.
- New Tech Aircraft Services INC NTAS Maintenance & Engineering is an FAA Part 145 Certificated Repair Station providing aircraft line maintenance and heavy maintenance support services at eight major airports across the United States.
- Satco INC
- Thinkom Solutions INC
- Unilode Aviation Solutions US, INC
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. Also nearby: 6 sport aviation examiners, 46 aviation medical examiners, 11 mechanic examiners, 10 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 8 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 33 engineering representatives, 37 training center evaluators, 5 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 (0 nm) · (714) 883-8410 · [email protected]
- Dixon Howard instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Business Center · El Segundo, CA (3 nm) · (562) 760-1461 · [email protected]
- Donovan Stephen Burns private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Redondo Beach, CA (6 nm) · (786) 457-6172 · [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]
- Stephen Lawrence Higgins private pilot, commercial and instrument, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Santa Monica, CA (8 nm) · (503) 233-3949 · [email protected]
- Brian Petschauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, commercial pilot; helicopters · Anthelion Helicopters (KLGB) · Long Beach, CA (11 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 (11 nm) · (714) 651-7765 · [email protected]
- Michael Jesch private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pacific Air Flight School · Long Beach, CA (11 nm) · (714) 588-9346 · [email protected]
All 191 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 · 25 since 1982, 5 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 Hawthorne 34 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 8 turboprops, 4 airliners and large jets
- Advanced Air LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Falcon Landing LLC 2 aircraft in town
- A&E Flying Club of Los Angeles 2 aircraft in town
- A&E Flying Club of Los Angeles 4 aircraft · flying club
- Beach Cities Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Santa Monica Flyers INC 3 aircraft · flight school
- M & S Air Supply · repair station
- New Tech Aircraft Services INC · repair station
- Satco INC · repair station
- Thinkom Solutions INC · repair station
- Merced Yosemite Regional (MCE) 545 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Jack MC Namara Field (CEC) 112 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Mammoth Yosemite (MMH) 111 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Mineta San Jose International (SJC) 23 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Bishop (BIH) 8 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 7 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ) 7 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Rogue Valley Intl/Medford (MFR) 5 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 25 since 1982 · 5 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/HHR.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.