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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas).
Weather right now KWHP · observed 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC), 55 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 99°F (37°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 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 061900Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 37/08 A2991
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1945
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Los Angeles from the FAA register
386 aircraft are registered to owners in Los Angeles, California: 232 piston singles, 50 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.