Hughes Airport
The Hughes Airport was a private airport owned by Howard Hughes for the Hughes Aircraft Company. It was located just north of the Westchester bluffs and district of Los Angeles, California, from 1940 until its closure in 1985.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Helipad
- Description: airport in California, United States of America
- Also known as: “CL71” and “Hughes Corporate Heliport”
- Address: CA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Playa Vista Branch and Otis College of Art and Design.
Playa Vista Branch
Library
Photo: Jengod, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Playa Vista Branch is a library, which is situated 1,500 feet north of Hughes Airport.
Otis College of Art and Design
College
Otis College of Art and Design is a private art and design school in Los Angeles, California, United States. Established in 1918, it was the city's first independent professional school of art. Otis College of Art and Design is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Hughes Airport.
George C. Page Stadium
Pitch
Photo: Chris troutman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
George C. Page Stadium is a baseball venue in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is home to the Loyola Marymount Lions baseball team of the NCAA's Division I West Coast Conference. George C. Page Stadium is situated 3,100 feet east of Hughes Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Playa Vista and Alla.
Playa Vista
Quarter
Photo: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Playa Vista is a neighborhood in the Westside area of Los Angeles, California, United States. The area was the headquarters of Hughes Aircraft Company from 1941 to 1985 and the site of the construction of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" aircraft.
Playa del Rey
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Playa del Rey offers beautiful beaches overlooking the Pacific Ocean just a few miles north of Los Angeles International Airport.
Hughes Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.96616° or 33° 57′ 58″ northLongitude
-118.42475° or 118° 25′ 29″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
8553XH8G+F4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1222783711OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=helipad
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Hughes Airport” goes by many names.
- French: “aérodrome de Hughes/Corporate”
- French: “Aérodrome de Hughes/Corporate”
- French: “CL71”
- Indonesian: “CL71”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hughes lufthavn”
- Norwegian: “Hughes lufthavn”
- Urdu: “ہیوز ہوائی اڈا”
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