Zamperini Field

Zamperini Field Lomita Landing Strip
31 May 1994 USGS airphoto
IATA: TOA ICAO: KTOA FAA LID: TOA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Torrance
Location	Torrance, California
Elevation AMSL	103 ft / 31 m
Coordinates	33°48′12″N 118°20′23″W / 33.80333°N 118.33972°W / 33.80333; -118.33972Coordinates: 33°48′12″N 118°20′23″W / 33.80333°N 118.33972°W / 33.80333; -118.33972
Website	www.ci.torrance.ca.us/...
Map
KTOA Location of Zamperini Field
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11L/29R 5,000 1,524 Asphalt/Concrete 11R/29L 3,000 914 Asphalt/Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m HI 110 34 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 173,027 Based aircraft 499
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Zamperini Field (IATA: TOA, ICAO: KTOA, FAA LID: TOA) is a city-owned public airport three miles (5 km) southwest of downtown Torrance, in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

The airport is classified by the FAA as a Regional Reliever , and was once known as Torrance Municipal Airport, was renamed for local sports and war hero Louis Zamperini on December 7, 1946, the 5th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The airport was completed by the United States Army Air Forces on 31 March 1943, and was known as Lomita Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing field for military aircraft on training flights. It was closed after World War II and the War Assets Administration (WAA) turned it over to local government. Once turned over to the City of Torrance it was renamed Zamperini Field on December 7, 1946.

Zamperini Field covers 506 acres (205 ha) and has two asphalt and concrete runways: 11L/29R, 5,000 x 150 ft (1,524 x 46 m) and 11R/29L, 3,000 x 75 ft (914 x 23 m). It has one asphalt helipad, 110 x 110 ft (34 x 34 m).

In the year ending May 31, 2005 the airport had 173,027 aircraft operations, an average of 474 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% military and <1% air taxi. 499 aircraft are based at this airport: 89% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 2% helicopter and <1% glider.