Whiteman Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Los Angeles County | ||||||||||
| Location | Pacoima, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,003 ft / 305.7 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°15′33.57″N 118°24′48.35″W / 34.2593250°N 118.4134306°WCoordinates: 34°15′33.57″N 118°24′48.35″W / 34.2593250°N 118.4134306°W | ||||||||||
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Whiteman Airport (previously known as Whiteman Air Park) (IATA: WHP, ICAO: KWHP) is a general aviation airport in the northeastern San Fernando Valley community of Pacoima, in the city of Los Angeles, California.
The airport was founded as "Whiteman Air Park" in 1946 on a farm by pilot Marvin Whiteman Sr. as a non tower controlled, private airport. Later Whiteman Manufacturing Co. was built on the airport's west side. In 1970 the airport was purchased by the County of Los Angeles. During the 1980s the name was changed to "Whiteman Airport", but it is still commonly referred to as "Whiteman Airpark" by old-time local pilots to this day.[1]
The airport is open to general aviation aircraft 24-hours a day seven days a week. It is home to over 600 aircraft, a restaurant, and numerous aviation-related businesses.[2][3]
The airport can handle small aircraft as well as medium turboprops and jets, although little jet traffic is seen on its rather narrow runway. The control tower is in operation daily; the single runway has runway end identifier lights (REILs), pilot controlled medium-intensity runway lighting (MIRLs) and a precision approach path indicator (PAPI). Full and self-service fuel is available around the clock. The airport has an AWOS Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) with data available continuously by radio and telephone.[3]
Runway
- Runway 12/30: 4,120 x 75 ft (1,256 x 23 m) Asphalt
Barton Heliport of the LACoFD
- The Los Angeles County Fire Department Air Operations unit is based at Barton Heliport, a heliport adjacent northeast of this airport.[4]
Civil Air Patrol
Whiteman Airport is home to Senior Squadron 35 and Cadet Squadron 137 of the Civil Air Patrol, and a branch of the Young Eagles
See also
References
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1987: Airport Panel Seeks Tower at Whiteman Linked 2014-05-17
- ↑ Martha, Willman (1 March 1998). "Safety Record Vexes Airfield on City Fringe". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- 1 2 "Whiteman Airport". Los Angeles Department of Public Works. 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ↑ "Air Operations". Los Angeles County Fire Department. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
External links
- Whiteman Airport Association
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective August 17, 2017
- Squadron 35 of the Civil Air Patrol
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for WHP
- AirNav airport information for KWHP
- ASN accident history for WHP
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
