Whiteman Airport
WHP · KWHP · Los Angeles, California · Los Angeles County · map
Whiteman Airport is a public-use airport owned by Los Angeles CO, 1 mile east of Los Angeles, California, 1,003 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 4,120 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas) and about 223 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 95,282 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KWHP · observed 12:55 pm PDT (19:55 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 12 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 9 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 3,400 feet, overcast at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.72 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KWHP 111955Z 14012G20KT 9SM BKN034 OVC050 21/14 A2972
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 6E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent B737 at 1,000 ft, 30 nm southeast, 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC): a routine report.
- B39M at 4,000 ft, 4 nm southwest, 12:45 pm PDT (19:45 UTC): overcast from 3,000 ft to 4,000 ft.
- AT46 at 3,000 ft, 9 nm south, 12:19 pm PDT (19:19 UTC): overcast above 3,000 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (WJF, 30 nm north), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 6,000 ft: 230° at 27 kt, 9 °C; 9,000 ft: 250° at 20 kt, 5 °C; 12,000 ft: 240° at 22 kt, -1 °C; 18,000 ft: 230° at 27 kt, -13 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 4/3635 DISNEYLAND THEME PARK, ANAHEIM,, CA 34 nm southeast · security
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WHP · ICAO KWHP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Los Angeles CO
- Elevation
- 1,003 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,120 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 729 ft, 3,181 ft available for landing, power line 30 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 478 ft, 3,462 ft available for landing, power line 30 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 135.0 | Whiteman |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Whp and aWOS-3PT | 132.1 | Whiteman |
| Ground | 125.0 | Whiteman |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace Vny 280-BUR 050, north; Vny 280-BUR 050 | 120.4 | Whiteman |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace 160-280 vny, west; 160-280 vny | 134.2 | Whiteman |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 818-899-9820.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 207 |
| multi-engine | 11 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 2 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 95,282, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2 |
| general aviation, travelling | 35,044 |
| general aviation, local | 59,994 |
| military | 242 |
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.
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 Los Angeles from the FAA register
388 aircraft are registered to owners in Los Angeles, California: 233 piston singles, 51 business jets, 36 helicopters, 18 piston twins, 16 turboprops. 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hollywood Burbank Airport (4 nm southeast), Van Nuys Airport (5 nm southwest), Santa Monica Municipal (15 nm south).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Los Angeles, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Charter operators and airlines based in Los Angeles:
- Sun Air Jets, LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate Sun Air Jets is a private jet charter operator and aircraft management company based in Southern California with facilities at Van Nuys and Camarillo airports.
- Diamond Helicopters LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Los Angeles:
- Arinwine Aircraft Maintenance Services, LLC F&E Aircraft Maintenance is an FAA Part 145 certified repair station based at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) providing line maintenance, preventive maintenance, inspection, and alteration services to domestic and international air
- Chromal Plating CO. Chromal Plating Company is an FAA-certified repair station specializing in hard chrome plating and metal finishing services.
- E T Balancing INC
- Eaton Aerospace Sterer Engineering
- Electrolizing INC Electrolizing Inc is a FAA-certificated repair station specializing in hard chrome plating of metal parts, tools, gauges, and dies for aerospace, medical devices, food processing, and other industries.
- Helicopter Technology Company Helicopter Technology Company is a manufacturer of helicopter rotor blades and an FAA-approved repair station located in Los Angeles, California.
- National Sandblasting Company INC
- Northrop Grumman Systems CORP.
- Sia Engineering USA INC
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
32 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 31 for private pilot, 27 for commercial and instrument, 13 for airline transport pilot, 19 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 5 for type ratings; 26 for airplanes, 16 for multi-engine airplanes, 5 for helicopters. Also nearby: 7 sport aviation examiners, 40 aviation medical examiners, 11 mechanic examiners, 10 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 8 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 28 engineering representatives, 37 training center evaluators, 5 training center examiners.
- Robin Leabman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Vista Air Inc. · Pacoima, CA (0 nm) · (747) 767-1711 · dpe@rotaiva.com
- Brian Petschauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, commercial pilot; helicopters · Atlantic Aviation (KBUR) · Burbank, CA (4 nm) · (818) 590-4441 · brianpetschauer@hotmail.com
- Bryan Estiveira de Ataide Ferrell private pilot; airplanes · Van Nuys, CA (5 nm) · (818) 205-8873 · ferrellaviation@gmail.com
- Jonathan Orourke private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hot Shot Aviation · Van Nuys, CA (5 nm) · (818) 860-1074 · jpo.dpe@gmail.com
- Mark Boss private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Van Nuys, CA (5 nm) · (818) 389-4918 · mbdpe@aol.com
- Mark Thomas Hulsey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Van Nuys, CA (5 nm) · (928) 486-4334 · hulseymt@yahoo.com
- Stephen Lawrence Higgins private pilot, commercial and instrument, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Santa Monica, CA (15 nm) · (503) 233-3949 · slhiggins@mac.com
- 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 (21 nm) · (714) 883-8410 · andrewjstrack@gmail.com
All 178 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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 63 since 1982, 11 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Helicopter operations 2500' above sea level (1500' above ground level) and below.
- When the control tower closed, airport light operators continuously.
- Assistant amgr: ernie umana
- Has + 6 feet fence 60 feet from eor and road 70 feet from eor 125 feet L to R; +12 feet building 135-200 from from eor 20-50 feet L; +24 feet light standard 140 feet from eor 45 feet R.
- Has 35 feet trees 50 feet from eor 110 feet R; +6 feet fence 30 feet from eor 125 feet L to R; road 80 feet from eor 125 feet L to R; +30 feet power lines 160 feet from eor 125 feet L to R; + 20 feet light 75 feet from eor 20 feet L.
- PAPI does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 5 NM from thld.
- Approach ratio 30:1 to displaced thld; approach ratio to displaced thld over 33 feet building 850 feet from displaced thld 95 feet R 25:1.
- Approach ratio 22:1 to displaced thld; approach ratio to displaced thld over +35 feet tree 488 feet from displaced thld 110 feet R 13:1.
- Power lines southwest of runway penetrate 7:1 transitional surface.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- (E125) includes 3 amphibians.
- Airport closed to helicopter training / pattern operations 8:00 pm to 8:00 am.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Los Angeles 388 aircraft · 233 piston singles, 51 business jets, 36 helicopters
- Lapd Air Support Division 11 aircraft in town
- November Alpha LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Paramount Overseas Productions INC 4 aircraft in town
- City of Los Angeles 4 aircraft in town
- Urban Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Sun Air Jets, LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Diamond Helicopters LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Arinwine Aircraft Maintenance Services, LLC · repair station
- Chromal Plating CO. · repair station
- E T Balancing INC · repair station
- Eaton Aerospace Sterer Engineering · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 63 since 1982 · 11 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,094 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 27,552 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WHP.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 9, 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.