Zamperini Field
TOA · KTOA · Torrance, California · Los Angeles County · map
Zamperini Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Torrance, 3 miles southwest of Torrance, California, 103 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 11L/29R, is 5,001 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KTOA · observed 12:47 pm PDT (19:47 UTC), 51 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 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 KTOA 061947Z 33011KT 10SM CLR 33/18 A2984
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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TOA · ICAO KTOA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Torrance
- Elevation
- 103 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11L/29R | 5,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11R/29L | 3,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 110 × 110 ft | Asphalt, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 11L: VASI, two boxes on the left, threshold displaced 541 ft, trees 35 ft high 690 ft from the end
- Runway 29R: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 540 ft, building 22 ft high 475 ft from the end
- Runway 11R: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 29L: VASI, two boxes on the left, building 26 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower South | 124.0 | Torrance |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.6 | Torrance |
| Ground | 120.9 | Torrance |
| Tower North | 133.075 | Torrance |
| Approach · Departure Runway 11L, 11R; Runway 29L, 29R | 124.3 | Torrance |
| Approach · Departure · Departure procedure (HAWWC) Runway 29L/R; Runway 11L/R | 127.2 | Torrance |
| Departure procedure (HAWWC) Runway 29L/R | 134.9 | Torrance |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 310-534-2847.
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 Torrance from the FAA register
292 aircraft are registered to owners in Torrance, California: 192 piston singles, 69 helicopters, 13 piston twins, 6 business jets, 5 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 54 since 1982, 10 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
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 29R - the common traffic frequency; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11L/29R sunset to sunrise; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11R/29L 6:00 am to 8:00 pm; activate helipad perimeter lights - 24 hours - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 29L oper continuously.
- Fuel available 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.
- Yellow perimeter lights.
- +9 feet approach lights (MALSR) building 190 feet from east or 440 feet right.
- Unusable beyond 2 degrees right and 9 degrees left of runway centerline.
- Runway 11L approach ratio to displaced threshold 35:1;
- Approach ratio 46:1 to displaced thld.
- Fato and tlof paved.
- No MULTI-ENGINE simulated ENGINE-OUT procedures authorized in traffic pattern. Runway 11R/29L closed 8:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- At taxiways hotel and charlie obs taxiway hold lines. All aircraft must hold between the set of hold bars for the approach zone for runway 11R/29L.
- Be alert to personnel and eqpt operating near all runways and taxiways.
- Numerous flocks of birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.