Airport comparison · HHR vs LAX
Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal (HHR) vs Los Angeles (LAX)
In short
Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR) is 16 km (10 mi) west-southwest of central Los Angeles; Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is 22 km (13 mi) west-southwest.
The two airports are 7 km (4 mi) apart.
OurAirports classifies LAX as a large airport and HHR as medium-sized.
Distances are great-circle from Natural Earth's point for Los Angeles; airport data from OurAirports, retrieved 2026-10-18.
Data updated
Side by side
| HHRJack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport | LAXLos Angeles International Airport | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance from central Los Angeles | 16 km (10 mi) | 22 km (13 mi) |
| Direction from the centre | WSW (241°) | WSW (255°) |
| OurAirports class | Medium | Large |
| Longest runway | 1,489 m (4,884 ft) | 3,930 m (12,894 ft) |
| Runways | 1 | 4 |
| Elevation | 20 m (66 ft) | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Country | United States | United States |
The two airports are 7 km (4 mi) apart in a straight line.
What the data shows
HHR is 5 km (3 mi) closer to central Los Angeles than LAX, measured in a straight line from the city point.
How we calculated this: Difference of great-circle distances from the Natural Earth city point.
LAX's longest runway is 8,010 ft (2,441 m) longer than HHR's.
How we calculated this: Difference of OurAirports longest runway lengths.
OurAirports classifies LAX as a large airport and HHR as medium-sized.
How we calculated this: OurAirports airport type (large_airport / medium_airport).
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