Zamperini Field is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Torrance, in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

The airport, one of the busiest general aviation airports in the state and once known as Torrance Municipal Airport, was renamed in honor of local sports and war hero Louis Zamperini.

Facilities and aircraft

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

For the 12-month period 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. There are 499 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 2% helicopter and <1% glider.

Accidents and incidents

• Aeroméxico Flight 498 Cerritos air disaster: A private aircraft owned by William Kramer en route to Big Bear City Airport near Big Bear Lake from Torrance collided with a Douglas DC-9 owned by Aeroméxico en route to Los Angeles International Airport from various Mexican cities. Both planes crashed, causing all of the people on both planes to die and some residents in Cerritos to die or sustain injuries.

References

External links

• Zamperini Field page at city website
• Zamperini Field (unofficial information site)