Hawthorne Municipal Airport (California)
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Hawthorne Municipal Airport Jack Northrop Field |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | City of Hawthorne | ||||||||||
| Location | Hawthorne, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 66 ft / 20 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°55′22″N 118°20′07″W / 33.92278°N 118.33528°WCoordinates: 33°55′22″N 118°20′07″W / 33.92278°N 118.33528°W | ||||||||||
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Hawthorne Municipal Airport (IATA: HHR, ICAO: KHHR) (Jack Northrop Field) is a mile (2 km) east of Hawthorne, in Los Angeles County, California.
The airport covers 80 acres (32 ha); its one runway, 7/25, is 4,956 ft × 100 ft (1,511 m × 30 m) concrete.
FAA diagram
The name Jack Northrop Field comes from the Northrop Aircraft Corporation founded by Jack Northrop, which for years designed, built and flew many classic airplanes, including Flying Wings, the P-61 Black Widow and the F-89 Scorpion night fighters, the F-5 Freedom Fighter, and the T-38 Talon jet trainer.
During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Technical Service Command as an aircraft modification center and Air Transport Command to ferry new aircraft to operational units.
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation is currently headquartered at the southeast end of the airport.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
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