Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles

Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles
Unit Patch U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles
Active	1962-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Coast Guard
Type	Air Station
Role	Patrol the Southern California Coast from Dana Point to Morro Bay.
Garrison/HQ	Naval Air Station Point Mugu
Commanders
Commanding Officer	CDR Timothy J. Schang
Executive Officer	CDR Jason Lyuke
Aircraft flown
Helicopter	3 HH-65 Dolphin

Coordinates: 33°56′30″N 118°25′24″W / 33.94167°N 118.42333°W / 33.94167; -118.42333

Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles is a United States Coast Guard air station located at Naval Air Station Point Mugu in Point Mugu, California.

Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles (CGAS Los Angeles) missions include search and rescue, homeland security, and environmental protection.

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles provides a search and rescue helicopter that is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. About 200 search and rescue missions are flown from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles each year.

Homeland security is also an important mission of U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles. U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles helicopters patrol the west coast of the United States from Dana Point, California to Morro Bay, California. The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach lie within U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles’s patrol area. U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles also patrols the over water approach and departure corridors for the Los Angeles International Airport.

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles aircraft protect the environment by patrolling the ecologically rich California coast. The air stations patrol area includes the waters surrounding the Channel Islands National Park.