LAPD's Hooper Heliport is located on the roof of the Piper Technical Center, the world's largest rooftop airport. It is centrally located between Los Angeles Union Station, Chinatown, and Downtown. It is home to the Los Angeles Police Department's Air Support Division which is the largest police aviation unit in America with 19 helicopters.
One of LAPD's Air Support Division's newly liveried Eurocopter AS350s passes the Hooper Memorial Heliport - it's the "black and white" of the sky. Photo taken on Nov 4, 2010 by DAVID BERGER / LA Observer / via Flickr
LAPD Hooper Heliport
General Type: Heliport, Status: Operational, Acivation Date: 01/01/1978, Runways: 1, Ownership: Publicly owned, Facility Use: Private, Site Number: 01817.14*H, Location ID: 4CA0, Region: Western-Pacific, District Office: LAX,
Unicom Frequency: 123.075 mHz,
Aeronautical sectional chart: Los Angeles, Tie-In FSS: No, Tie-In FSS ID: HHR,
Tie-In FSS Name: Hawthorne,
Tie-In FSS Toll-Free Number: 1-800-WX-BRIEF,
Elevation: 302 ft, Elevation determination method: Estimated, Air traffic control tower: No, Boundary ARTCC (FAA) computer ID: ZCL, Boundary ARTCC ID: ZLA, Boundary ARTCC Name: Los Angeles, Airspace Determination: Conditional, NOTAM Service: No, Inspection Group: Owner, Inspection Method: 5010-2 Private use mail out program
Location State: California, County: Los Angeles, City: Los Angeles, GPS (Degrees): Lat: 34° 02' 36.044'', Lng: -118° 14' 49.265'', GPS (Seconds): Lat: 34.043346, Lng: -118.247018, GPS determination method: Estimated, Distance from central business district: 1 mi (SW), Find on map >>
Owner City Of Los Angeles, 555 Ramirez St, Space 475, Los Angeles, Ca 90012, 213-485-2011 Manager C.O.-Air Support Div-Lapd, 150 N. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, Ca 90012, 213-485-2600
Schedule
Aircraft Helicopters:
Additional Magnetic Variation: 14E (Year 1985), Non-Commercial Landing Fee: No, Wind direction indicator: Yes, Segmented circle airport marker system: No
Remarks Airspace Determination: VFR ONLY.
Runway 1
General ID: 'H1, Length: 205 ft, Width: 105 ft, Runway Surface Type Condition: Portland cement concrete