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General William J. Fox Airfield (IATA: WJF, ICAO: KWJF, FAA LID: WJF) is a county-owned, public airport in Los Angeles County, California, [1] five miles northwest of Lancaster, California, United States. [1] Locally known as Fox Field, the airport serves the Antelope Valley.
With the exception of glider pilots, balloon pilots, and sport-pilots, civilian pilots in the United States and most other nations must obtain a flight physical from a civilian physician known as an Aviation Medical Examiner (AME). Aviation Medical Examiners (AME's) are physicians designated and trained by the FAA to screen individuals for ...
An AME can no longer issue combined medical/student pilot certificates as the FAA now issues separate student pilot certificates as of April 1, 2016. [ 3 ] As of 2008, the FAA had approximately 3,927 civilian AME's located in 9 regions, 291 international AMEs located in 81 countries, and 350 federal AMEs (military, U.S. Coast Guard, NASA, and ...
By federal law, all aviators must be medically certified. Airman medical certificates are issued by the division on the basis of physical examinations performed by Aviation Medical Examiners (AMEs); approximately 3,500 physicians who are authorized to conduct aviation medical examinations of civil airmen throughout the United States and abroad. [5]
Brackett Field (IATA: POC, ICAO: KPOC, FAA LID: POC) is a public airport a mile (2 km) southwest of La Verne, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It was named after astronomer Frank Parkhurst Brackett (1865–1951).
The airport location is at 4233 Santa Anita Ave El Monte, CA 91731 and covers 103 acres (0.42 km 2) at an elevation of 295.6 feet (90.1 m). [1] Its single runway, 1/19, is 3,995 by 75 feet (1,218 m × 23 m). In 2021 the airport had 87,640 aircraft operations, average 240 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% air taxi, <1 commercial, and <1% military
The Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center (ICAO: KZLA, FAA LID: ZLA) is an air traffic control center located in Palmdale, California, United States.Located adjacent to United States Air Force Plant 42 and the Palmdale Regional Airport, it is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) operated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Whiteman Airport (IATA: WHP, ICAO: KWHP, FAA LID: WHP) is a general aviation airport in the northeastern San Fernando Valley community of Pacoima, in the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. 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 ...