AirportsJack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Hawthorne, in California, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HHR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HHR
- ICAO code
- KHHR
- City
- Hawthorne
- State or region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 33.9228° N, 118.3350° W
- Elevation
- 20 m (66 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,489 m (4,884 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HHR means Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KHHR. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 33.9228° N, 118.3350° W. It stands 20 metres (66 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Los Angeles, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,489 metres (4,884 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 506.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,489 m 4,884 ft | 30 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles | LAX | 7 km |
| Long Beach International AirportLong Beach | LGB | 21 km |
| Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope AirportBurbank | BUR | 31 km |
| John Wayne Orange County International AirportSanta Ana | SNA | 51 km |
| Ontario International AirportOntario | ONT | 69 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,880 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,002 km | 17 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,402 km | 16 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,758 km | 11 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,969 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,108 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,819 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,066 km | 15 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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