Zamperini Field
Zamperini Field is a public airport three miles southwest of downtown Torrance, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The airport is classified by the FAA as a Regional Reliever and was once known as Torrance Municipal Airport; it was renamed for local sports and war hero Louis Zamperini on December 7, 1946, the fifth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in California, United States of America
- Also known as: “KTOA”, “TOA”, “Torrance Airport”, and “Zamperini Field Airport”
- Address: 3301 Airport Drive, Torrance, CA 90505
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torrance Memorial Medical Center and South Coast Botanic Garden.
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Hospital
Torrance Memorial Medical Center is a private hospital located in Torrance, California. Torrance Memorial was the first hospital in the South Bay region and is currently one of the three burn centers in Los Angeles County.
South Coast Botanic Garden
Garden
The South Coast Botanic Garden is an 87 acres botanical garden in the Palos Verdes Hills, in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, California, United States, about 10 miles south of Los Angeles International Airport.
Madrona Marsh
Nature reserve
The Madrona Marsh Preserve, in the city of Torrance in the South Bay region of Southern California, is a seasonal Delta wetland with vernal pools. The 43 acres was a former site of oil wells and is one of the few natural areas remaining within an urban landscape.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walteria and Lomita.
Walteria
Quarter
Walteria is a neighborhood in south Torrance in southern California, United States. It is bounded by Crenshaw Boulevard on the east, Pacific Coast Highway on the north, Vista Montana to the west; and approximately Newton Street, Blair Way, Winlock Road and Rolling Hills Way to the south.
Lomita
Town
Lomita is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 20,921 at the 2020 census, up slightly from 20,256 at the 2010 census.
Rolling Hills Estates
Suburb
Rolling Hills Estates is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. On the northern side of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, facing Torrance, Rolling Hills Estates is mostly residential.
Zamperini Field
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.80273° or 33° 48′ 10″ north
Longitude
-118.33813° or 118° 20′ 17″ west
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
Named after
IATA airport code
TOA
ICAO airport code
KTOA
Open location code
8553RM36+3P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Zamperini Field” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “زامبيريني فيلد”
- Cebuano: “Zamperini Field”
- Chinese: “托倫斯機場”
- French: “aérodrome de Zamperini Field”
- French: “TOA”
- Indonesian: “KTOA”
- Indonesian: “TOA”
- Japanese: “ザンペリーニ・フィールド”
- Japanese: “ザンペリニ・フィールド”
- Persian: “KTOA”
- Persian: “TOA”
- Persian: “فرودگاه زامپرینی فیلد”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи зомприни филд”
- Turkish: “Zamperini Field”
- Urdu: “ٹورنس میونسپل ہوائی اڈا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ironsides and Harbor Hills.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South End Racquet & Health Club and Torrance Airport Main Terminal.
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