Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center is an air traffic control center located in Palmdale

Palmdale, California

Palmdale is a city located in the center of northern Los Angeles County, California, United States.Palmdale was the first community within the Antelope Valley to incorporate as a city on August 24, 1962; 47 years later, voters approved creating a charter city in November, 2009. Palmdale is...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, United States

United States

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. It is located at the northeast corner of 25th Street East and Avenue P adjacent to USAF Plant 42

Plant 42

Air Force Plant 42 is a federally owned military aerospace facility under the control of the Air Force Material Command in Palmdale, California...

 and the LA/Palmdale Regional Airport.

One of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers

Area Control Center

In air traffic control, an Area Control Center , also known as a Center, is a facility responsible for controlling instrument flight rules aircraft en route in a particular volume of airspace at high altitudes between airport approaches and departures...

 (ARTCC) operated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...

, the Los Angeles ARTCC controls air traffic over southern and central California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, southern Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

, southwestern Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

, and western Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

 with the exception of military airspace and lower-level airspace controlled by local airport towers and TRACONs

Terminal Control Center

A terminal radar approach control is an air traffic control facility usually located within the vicinity of a large airport. Typically, the TRACON controls aircraft within a 20-50 nautical mile radius of the major airport and a number of "satellite airports" between surface and up to between and...

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Class B Airports (Major)

• Las Vegas (LAS)
  McCarran International Airport
  McCarran International Airport is the principal commercial airport serving Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada, United States. The airport is located five miles south of the central business district of Las Vegas, in the unincorporated area of Paradise in Clark County. It covers an area of and...
  
  
• Los Angeles (LAX)
  Los Angeles International Airport
  Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX, with the letters pronounced individually...
  
  
• San Diego (SAN)
  San Diego International Airport
  San Diego International Airport , sometimes referred to as Lindbergh Field, is a public airport located northwest of the central business district of San Diego, California and from the Mexico – United States border at Tijuana, Mexico...
  
  

Class C & D Airports

• Apple Valley (APV)
  Apple Valley Airport (California)
  Apple Valley Airport is a public airport located three miles north of Apple Valley, serving San Bernardino County, California, USA. The airport has two runways and is mostly used for general aviation.- Facilities :...
  
  
• Avalon / Catalina Island (AVX)
  Catalina Airport
  Catalina Airport is a privately owned airport located six miles northwest of the central business district of Avalon, California in the middle of Catalina Island. The airport is open to the public and allows general aviation aircraft to land there. The only requirement is that inbound pilots...
  
  
• Bakersfield (BFL)
  Meadows Field Airport
  Meadows Field is the primary airport serving the Greater Bakersfield metropolitan area, and one of two international airports in the San Joaquin Valley. Also known as Kern County Airport #1, it is located in Oildale, California, approximately northwest of Downtown Bakersfield. The airport is owned...
  
  
• Banning (BNG)
  Banning Municipal Airport
  Banning Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of Banning, a city in Riverside County, California, United States. The airport is mostly used for general aviation....
  
  
• Barstow / Daggett (DAG)
  Barstow-Daggett Airport
  Barstow-Daggett Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is located four nautical miles east of the central business district of the town of Daggett, and east of the city of Barstow...
  
  
• Blythe (BLH)
  Blythe Airport
  -References:* Maurer, Maurer . Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4....
  
  
• Bullhead City / Laughlin (IFP)
• Burbank (BUR)
  Bob Hope Airport
  Bob Hope Airport is a public airport located 3 miles northwest of the central business district of Burbank, a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States...
  
  
• Calexico (CXL)
  Calexico International Airport
  Calexico International Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located one mile west of the central business district of Calexico, in Imperial County, California, United States. The airport is mostly used for general aviation and to facilitate border crossing...
  
  
• Camarillo (CMA)
  Camarillo Airport
  Camarillo Airport is a public airport located three miles west of the central business district of Camarillo, a city in Ventura County, California, United States. It is roughly equidistant from Los Angeles, CA and Santa Barbara, CA although it is inland...
  
  
• Carlsbad / Oceanside (CRQ)
  McClellan-Palomar Airport
  McClellan-Palomar Airport , known to locals as Palomar Airport, is a public airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of Carlsbad, a city in San Diego County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of San Diego and serves the northern part of the county...
  
  
• China Lake / Ridgecrest (NID)
  Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
  - About : is part of under Commander, Navy Installation Command and is located in the Western Mojave Desert region of California, approximately north of Los Angeles. Occupying three counties – Kern, San Bernardino and Inyo – the installation’s closest neighbors are the cities of Ridgecrest,...
  
  
• Chino (CNO)
  Chino Airport
  Chino Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located about three miles southeast of Chino, a town in San Bernardino County, California...
  
  
• Compton (CPM)
  Compton/Woodley Airport
  Compton/Woodley Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located two miles southwest of the central business district of Compton, a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, it is...
  
  
• Corona (AJO)
  Corona Municipal Airport
  Corona Municipal Airport , formerly L66, is a public airport located three miles northwest of Corona, serving Riverside County, California, United States.Although most U.S...
  
  
• Delano (DLO)
  Delano Municipal Airport
  Delano Municipal Airport is a public airport located two miles southeast of the central business district of Delano, a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is owned by the City of Delano.Although most U.S...
  
  
• Edwards / Rosamond (EDW)
  Edwards Air Force Base
  Edwards Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located on the border of Kern County, Los Angeles County, and San Bernardino County, California, in the Antelope Valley. It is southwest of the central business district of North Edwards, California and due east of Rosamond.It is named in...
  
  
• El Cajon (SEE)
  Gillespie Field
  Gillespie Field is a county-owned public-use airport located 10 miles northeast of the central business district of San Diego, in El Cajon, San Diego County, California, United States....
  
  
• El Centro / Imperial (IPL)
  Imperial County Airport
  Imperial County Airport , also known as Boley Field, is a public airport located partially in the city of Imperial and partially in an unincorporated area in Imperial County, California, United States. The airport is located 0.94 miles south of the central business district of Imperial. The...
  
  
• El Centro (NJK)
  Naval Air Facility El Centro
  Naval Air Facility El Centro or NAF El Centro is a military airport located six miles northwest of El Centro, in Imperial County, California, USA.-History:...
  
  
• El Monte (EMT)
  El Monte Airport
  El Monte Airport is a public airport located one mile north of the central business district of El Monte, a city in Los Angeles County, California, USA. The airport covers and has one runway.- External links :...
  
  
• Fullerton (FUL)
  Fullerton Municipal Airport
  Fullerton Municipal Airport , owned and operated by the City of Fullerton, is the last strictly general aviation airfield still operating in Orange County, California....
  
  
• Hawthorne (HHR)
• Hemet (HMT)
  Hemet-Ryan Airport
  Hemet-Ryan Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Hemet, in Riverside County, California, United States....
  
  
• Henderson (HND)
  Henderson Executive Airport
  Henderson Executive Airport is a public airport located south of the central business district of Las Vegas, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The airport is owned by Clark County and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated...
  
  
• Lancaster (WJF)
  General William J. Fox Airfield
  General William J. Fox Airfield , locally known as "Fox Field" is an airport located in Lancaster, California serving the Antelope Valley region of northern Los Angeles County. Although the airport is used primarily for general aviation, there are limited scheduled cargo operations, and the U.S...
  
  
• La Verne / Pomona (POC)
  Brackett Field
  Brackett Field is a public airport located one mile southwest of La Verne, in Los Angeles County, California, USA. It was named after Dr. Frank Parkhurst Brackett .-History:...
  
  
• Lompoc (VBG)
  Vandenberg Air Force Base
  Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately northwest of Lompoc, California. It is under the jurisdiction of the 30th Space Wing, Air Force Space Command ....
  
  
• Long Beach (LGB)
  Long Beach Municipal Airport
  Long Beach Airport , also known as Daugherty Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of the City of Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It serves Los Angeles and Orange Counties...
  
  
• Los Alamitos (SLI)
  Los Alamitos Army Airfield
  Los Alamitos Army Airfield is a military airport located one mile southeast of central Los Alamitos, and within its city limits, in Orange County, California, USA.- Facilities :Los Alamitos Army Airfield has two runways:...
  
  
• Mojave (MHV)
• Murietta / Temecula (F70)
  French Valley Airport
  French Valley Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in southwestern Riverside County, California, located on Highway 79 near the communities of Murrieta and Temecula.- Facilities and aircraft :...
  
  
• North Las Vegas (VGT)
  North Las Vegas Airport
  - Runway Incursions:The airport has continuously worked on a runway incursion prevention program to help curtail the number of runway incursions happening at the airport. For the year of 2007, North Las Vegas ranked #2 in airports with most runway incursions....
  
  
• Oceanside (OCN)
  Oceanside Municipal Airport
  Oceanside Municipal Airport is a public airport located two miles northeast of the central business district of Oceanside, a city in San Diego County, California. The airport covers and has one runway. It is mostly used for general aviation....
  
  
• Oceanside (NFG)
  Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
  Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and serves as its prime amphibious training base...
  
  
• Ontario (ONT)
  Ontario International Airport
  LA/Ontario International Airport , formerly Ontario International Airport, is a public airport located east of the central business district of Ontario, a city in San Bernardino County, California, USA. This airport is owned and operated by the Los Angeles World Airports , an agency of the city...
  
  
• Oxnard (OXR)
  Oxnard Airport
  Oxnard Airport is a public airport located one mile west of the central business district of Oxnard, a city in Ventura County, California, USA. The airport covers and has one runway. Oxnard Airport is managed by the Ventura County Department of Airports.- History :Ventura County opened Oxnard...
  
  
• Pacoima / Los Angeles (WHP)
  Whiteman Airport
  Whiteman Airport is a general aviation airport located in the Pacoima district of Los Angeles, California, United States.Located in the San Fernando Valley, Hollywood celebrities sometimes use this airport; however, Van Nuys Airport is used more often....
  
  
• Palmdale (PMD)
  Palmdale Regional Airport
  Palmdale Airport is an airport in the city of Palmdale in Los Angeles County, California, United States.It contains two separate facilities:...
  
  
• Palm Desert (UDD)
  Bermuda Dunes Airport
  Bermuda Dunes Airport is a public airport located 13 miles east of Palm Springs, serving Riverside County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers and has one runway...
  
  
• Palm Springs / Indio (PSP)
  Palm Springs International Airport
  Palm Springs International Airport is a public airport located two miles east of the central business district of Palm Springs, California, serving the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area of Southern California. The airport covers and utilizes two runways...
  
  
• Point Mugu / Oxnard (NTD)
  Naval Air Station Point Mugu
  Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu or NBVC Point Mugu is a military airbase located in Point Mugu, Ventura County, California, United States. Due to realignment actions which occurred in 2000, the base is now part of Naval Base Ventura County , a consolidated organization that also includes...
  
  
• Ramona (RNM)
  Ramona Airport
  Ramona Airport is a public airport located two miles west of the central business district of Ramona, in San Diego County, California, United States...
  
  
• Redlands (REI)
  Redlands Municipal Airport
  Redlands Municipal Airport is a public airport located two miles northeast of Downtown Redlands, serving San Bernardino County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers and has one runway....
  
  
• Ridgecrest / Inyokern (IYK)
  Inyokern Airport
  Inyokern Airport is a public airport located in Inyokern, California, United States, serving the Indian Wells Valley area of Kern County. It is owned by the Indian Wells Valley Airport District...
  
  
• Riverside (RAL)
  Riverside Municipal Airport
  Riverside Municipal Airport , also known as Riverside Airport , is a public airport located four miles southwest of the central business district of Riverside, the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States...
  
  
• Riverside (RIV)
  March Joint Air Reserve Base
  March Joint Air Reserve Base is located in Riverside County, California between the cities of Riverside and Moreno Valley. It is the home to the Air Force Reserve Command's 4th Air Force Headquarters and the 452d Air Mobility Wing , the largest air mobility wing of the 4th Air Force...
  
  
• Salton City (SAS)
  Salton Sea Airport
  Salton Sea Airport is a public airport one mile southwest of Salton City, serving Imperial County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers and has one runway....
  
  
• San Bernardino (SBD)
  San Bernardino International Airport
  San Bernardino International Airport is a public airport located two miles southeast of the central business district of San Bernardino, California, in San Bernardino County, California, USA. The airport covers and has one runway. It is currently a general aviation and cargo airport located on...
  
  
• San Clemente Island (NUC)
  Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island
  Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island , also known as Frederick Sherman Field, is a military airport located on San Clemente Island, in Los Angeles County, California, USA. It has been owned by the United States Navy since 1937, but came into its current importance during the past...
  
  
• San Diego (SDM)
• San Diego (NKX)
  Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
  Marine Corps Air Station Miramar , formerly Naval Air Station Miramar is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force...
  
  
• San Diego / Coronado (NZY)
  Naval Air Station North Island
  Naval Air Station North Island or NAS North Island is located at the north end of the Coronado peninsula on San Diego Bay and is the home port of several aircraft carriers of the United States Navy...
  
  
• San Luis Obispo (SBP)
  San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport
  San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport , also known as McChesney Field, is an airport located in San Luis Obispo, California serving San Luis Obispo County...
  
  
• San Nicolas Island (NSI)
  Naval Outlying Field San Nicolas Island
  Naval Outlying Field San Nicolas Island or NOLF San Nicolas Island is a military airport located on San Nicolas Island, in Ventura County, California.Although most U.S...
  
  
• Santa Ana (SNA)
  John Wayne Airport
  John Wayne Airport is an airport in an unincorporated area in Orange County, California, with its mailing address in the city of Santa Ana, which is also the county seat, hence the International Air Transport Association airport code. The main entrance to the airport is off of MacArthur Blvd in...
  
  
• Santa Barbara (SBA)
  Santa Barbara Airport
  Santa Barbara Airport , also known as Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, is a public airport located west of downtown Santa Barbara, California, United States....
  
  
• Santa Maria (SMX)
  Santa Maria Public Airport
  -References:-External links:*...
  
  
• Santa Monica (SMO)
  Santa Monica Airport
  Santa Monica Airport , also known as Santa Monica Municipal Airport, is a general aviation airport located largely in Santa Monica, California, United States. The airport is located about from the Pacific Ocean and north of LAX...
  
  
• Santa Paula (SZP)
  Santa Paula Airport
  Santa Paula Airport is a privately owned public-use airport located one mile southeast of the central business district of Santa Paula, a city in Ventura County, California, USA...
  
  
• St. George (SGU)
  St. George Municipal Airport
  St. George Municipal Airport was a public airport located in the city of St. George, serving southern Utah. The airport had one runway. It was mostly used for general aviation and was also served by St. George-based SkyWest Airlines on behalf of Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. SkyWest had...
  
  
• Shafter (MIT)
  Shafter Airport
  Shafter Airport , also known as Minter Field, is a public use airport located four nautical miles east of the central business district of Shafter, in Kern County, California, United States. It is owned by the Minter Field Airport District....
  
  
• Tehachapi (TSP)
  Tehachapi Municipal Airport
  Tehachapi Municipal Airport is a public airport located in Tehachapi, serving Kern County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers and has one runway....
  
  
• Thermal / Indio (TRM)
  Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport
  Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport is a public airport located in Thermal, California, 20 miles southeast of Palm Springs.Built during World War II and used by both the US Army and US Navy, Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport has had several name changes. As a civilian facility, it was called...
  
  
• Torrance (TOA)
  Zamperini Field
  Zamperini Field is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles southwest of the central business district of Torrance, in Los Angeles County, California, United States....
  
  
• Twentynine Palms (TNP)
  Twentynine Palms Airport
  Twentynine Palms Airport is a public use airport located six nautical miles east of the central business district of Twentynine Palms, a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of San Bernardino.-History:...
  
  
• Twentynine Palms (NXP)
  Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
  The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center , also known as 29 Palms, is a United States Marine Corps base. It was a census-designated place officially known as Twentynine Palms Base located adjacent to the city of Twentynine Palms in southern San Bernardino County, California. As of the 2000...
  
  
• Upland (CCB)
  Cable Airport
  Cable Airport is a non-towered public-use airport located two miles northwest of the central business district of Upland, a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is privately-owned by the Cable Land Company.-History:...
  
  
• Van Nuys / Los Angeles (VNY)
  Van Nuys Airport
  Van Nuys Airport is a public airport located in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley section of the city limits of Los Angeles, California, United States. No major commercial airlines fly into this airport; it is used by private, chartered, and small commercial aircraft...
  
  
• Victorville / Adelanto (VCV)
  Southern California Logistics Airport
  Southern California Logistics Airport , also known as Victorville Airport, is a public airport located in the city of Victorville in San Bernardino County, California approximately north of San Bernardino...
  
  
• Visalia / Porterville (VIS)
  Visalia Municipal Airport
  Visalia Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles west of the central business district of Visalia, a city in Tulare County, California, United States...
  
  
• Yuma (NYL)
  Yuma International Airport
  Yuma International Airport , a shared-use airport together with Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, is located three nautical miles south of the central business district of Yuma, a city in Yuma County, Arizona, United States...