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Airports near Los Angeles
In short
The nearest airport with scheduled passenger service to Los Angeles is Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), 16 km (10 mi) west-southwest of the city centre.
8 airports with scheduled service lie within 150 km: HHR, LGB, LAX, BUR, SNA, ONT, SBD and CLD.
Distances are great-circle from Natural Earth's point for Los Angeles; airport data from OurAirports, retrieved 2026-10-18.
Data updated
At a glance
- Within 50 km
- 5airports
- Within 100 km
- 7airports
- Within 150 km
- 8airports
Where the airports are
Each airport sits at its real direction and straight-line distance from central Los Angeles.
Airports within 150 km of Los Angeles
| Airport | Distance from the centre | Direction | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HHRJack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal AirportHawthorne, United States | 16 km10 mi | WSW 241° | Medium | 1,489 m4,884 ft | 20 m |
| LGBLong Beach International AirportLong Beach, United States | 20 km12 mi | S 171° | Large | 3,048 m10,000 ft | 18 m |
| LAXLos Angeles International AirportLos Angeles, United States | 22 km13 mi | WSW 255° | Large | 3,930 m12,894 ft | 38 m |
| BURHollywood Burbank/Bob Hope AirportBurbank, United States | 29 km18 mi | NW 325° | Large | 2,099 m6,886 ft | 237 m |
| SNAJohn Wayne Orange County International AirportSanta Ana, United States | 46 km28 mi | SE 141° | Large | 1,737 m5,700 ft | 17 m |
| ONTOntario International AirportOntario, United States | 54 km34 mi | E 82° | Large | 3,718 m12,197 ft | 288 m |
| SBDSan Bernardino International AirportSan Bernardino, United States | 88 km55 mi | E 82° | Large | 3,048 m10,000 ft | 353 m |
| CLDMcClellan-Palomar AirportCarlsbad, United States | 127 km79 mi | SE 139° | Medium | 1,493 m4,897 ft | 101 m |
Key findings
HHR is the closest airport, but OurAirports classifies it as medium-sized; the nearest large airport is Long Beach International Airport (LGB), 20 km (12 mi) from Los Angeles.
How we calculated this: Nearest dataset airport of OurAirports type large_airport.
Los Angeles has 6 large airports within 100 km: LGB (20 km), LAX (22 km), BUR (29 km) and SNA (46 km), among others.
How we calculated this: Dataset airports of OurAirports type large_airport within 100 km of the Natural Earth city point.
7 airports with scheduled service lie within 100 km of Los Angeles, so it can pay to compare more than one departure airport.
How we calculated this: Count of dataset airports within 100 km of the Natural Earth city point.
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