LAPD Hooper Heliport

LAPD Hooper Heliport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 4CA0
Summary
Airport type Private
Owner City of Los Angeles
Location Los Angeles, California
Elevation AMSL 302 ft / 92 m
Coordinates 34°03′15″N 118°13′48″W / 34.05429°N 118.22989°W / 34.05429; -118.22989Coordinates: 34°03′15″N 118°13′48″W / 34.05429°N 118.22989°W / 34.05429; -118.22989
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 205 62 Concrete
Statistics
Based aircraft 1

LAPD Hooper Heliport (FAA LID: 4CA0) is a city-owned private-use heliport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Los Angeles, in Los Angeles County, California, United States.[1]

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.

The Piper Technical Center is also used as a parking lot for some of the LAPD's motor pool including marked and un-marked units, vans, buses, motorcycles, and the V-100 SWAT armored cars.

Hooper Heliport served as home base for the fictional police helicopter Blue Thunder in the 1983 motion picture of the same name, while construction of the heliport was still being completed.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 FAA Airport Master Record for 4CA0 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-07-31.
  2. ↑ Blue Thunder DVD notes commentaries and featurettes

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