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On April 29, 1992, the airport closed for cleanup after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots over the Rodney King beating. [citation needed] The airport closed again as a 2-hour precaution on January 17, 1994 after the Northridge earthquake. [citation needed] In 1996, a $29 million, 277-foot-tall (84 m) air traffic control tower was built near the Theme ...
Mines Field (Los Angeles Municipal Airport), 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Los Angeles. Delivery airport for North American Aviation (AT-6, P-51, B-25) Delivery airport for Douglas Aircraft (SBD Dauntless) Aerial Port of Embarkation (Air Transport Command) Los Angeles Fighter Wing (4th Air Force) Also used by Technical Training Command
Los Angeles opened its main airport on October 1, 1928. At the time of the opening, it was known as Mines Field and was little more than a dirt airstrip with no facilities. The first building, the historic Hangar No. 1, was erected in 1929. In 1930, the facility was renamed Los Angeles Municipal Airport, and mostly served general aviation.
The airport is located in Burbank, and serves the heavily populated areas of northern Los Angeles County. It is the closest airport to the central and northeastern parts of L.A. (including Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles), Glendale, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley, and the western San Gabriel Valley.
Hangar One, commonly referred to as Hangar No. 1, is an airplane hangar located on the grounds of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] Hangar No. 1 was built in 1929 and was the first structure built on what was then known as Mines Field.
On October 26, 1944, WASP pilot Gertrude Tompkins Silver of the 601st Ferrying Squadron, fifth Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, Texas, departed Los Angeles Airport, in a North American P-51D Mustang, 44-15669, [271] at 1600 hrs PWT, headed for the East Coast. She took off into the wind, into an offshore fog bank, and was expected that night ...
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Hangar No. 1 was the first structure at Los Angeles Airport, built in 1929. Mines Field opened as the private airport in 1930, and the city purchased it to be the municipal airfield in 1937. The name became Los Angeles Airport in 1941 and Los Angeles International Airport in 1949.