# Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR / KHHR) **Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport** (IATA: HHR, ICAO: KHHR) is a medium airport in Hawthorne, California, United States. It opened in Oct 1942. It has one runway, 4,884 ft (1,489 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 13 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/khhr ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: HHR / KHHR - FAA: HHR - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Hawthorne, California, United States - Opened: Oct 1942 - Elevation: 66 ft / 20 m - Coordinates: 33.9228, -118.3350 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 4,884 ft / 1,489 m - Instrument procedures: 4 approaches, 1 departure, 3 arrivals - Passengers: 12,671 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_Municipal_Airport_(California) (6 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884873 - Weather station: KHHR - Ident: KHHR ## Timeline - Oct 1942: Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 07/25 | 4,884 ft / 1,489 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05120AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2019 | 6,713 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 5,425 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 6,914 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 9,728 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 9,840 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 12,542 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 12,671 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 4 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from HHR, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures. ### Year-round (4) - [BIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbih.md) Eastern Sierra Regional Airport · United States · 239 mi / 384 km · 184 passengers · Andorra Airlines - [MMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmmh.md) Mammoth Yosemite Airport · United States · 257 mi / 414 km · 1,446 passengers · Andorra Airlines - [MCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmce.md) Merced Regional Macready Field · United States · 263 mi / 423 km · 2,464 passengers · Andorra Airlines - [CEC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcec.md) Jack Mc Namara Field Airport · United States · 631 mi / 1,015 km · 1,733 passengers · Andorra Airlines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HHR, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (1) - AN [Andorra Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/andorra-airlines) · 4 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 13K (2025) | #2,597 of 3,974 | #622 in North America | #431 in US | | Longest runway | 4,884 ft / 1,489 m | #7,355 of 29,858 | #2,768 in North America | #2,271 in US | | Elevation | 66 ft / 20 m | =38,344 of 43,403 | =17,389 in North America | =14,450 in US | | Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | SOCAL APP | 124.300 | | ATIS | ATIS | 118.400 | | CTAF | CTAF | 121.100 | | DEP | SOCAL DEP | 124.300 | | GND | GND | 125.100 | | RDO | HAWTHORNE RDO | 122.200 | | TWR | TWR | 121.100 | ## Nearby airports - [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · 4.4 mi / 7.1 km - [SMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksmo.md) Santa Monica Municipal Airport · 9.2 mi / 15 km - [LGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klgb.md) Long Beach International Airport · 13 mi / 21 km - [KSLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksli.md) Los Alamitos Army Air Field · 19 mi / 30 km - [BUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbur.md) Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport · 19 mi / 31 km - [VNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvny.md) Van Nuys Airport · 22 mi / 35 km ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government)) - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/khhr/data