Hawthorne Municipal Airport (Jack Northrup Field)

12/2 Record-Breaking: FAA Confirms Busiest Travel Day In US History - HERE    11/26 NTSB Will Not Investigate Amazon Drone Incident in Texas - HJERE    11/26 White House Shooting Incident Briefly Grounds Flights At Reagan National Airport - HERE    11/26 DOT ‘Ready to Brief’ Trump on Brand New ATC System Integrator - HERE    11/24 Calif. airport expands with large hangar development HERE     1124 Possible Mach 6 Hypersonic Flight Over California This Weekend -HERE    11/23 Airlines Cancel Venezuela Flights on US Security Warning - HERE    11/21 Is there a hypersonic test flight in California? What to know about Stratolaunch - HERE    11/21 FAA gives $10K bonuses only to controllers and technicians with perfect attendance during shutdown - HERE    Thousands of air traffic controllers left out of Trump's shutdown bonus checks - HERE    11/16 LAX approved $1.5 billion to relieve traffic. Opponents say it won't work. - HERE    11/11 FAA Grounds the MD-11 -HERE    11/11 FAA Bars GA Flights from 12 Airports -HERE    11/09 Joby powers up first conforming eVTOL for systems tests - HERE    11/09 FAA FLIGHT REDUCTION AIRPORT LIST - HERE    11/6 UPS Plane's Engine Detached Right After Take Off and Just Before Fiery Crash That Killed 11: NTSB - HERE     11/2 Airlines step up to support federal workers as nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers go unpaid - HERE    10/24 Archer Named Air Taxi Partner for L.A. World Cup and Super Bowl - HERE

12/02/2025

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Current History:  Archer Aviation has purchased the Master Ground Lease from Advanced Air - Jet Center located on the field for mor than 100 million dollars.

Archer Aviation:

"SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, LOW NOISE - Electric air taxis flying the skies in a city near you. - We are currently working through certification with the FAA and other global aviation authorities to ensure our aircraft can safely integrate into the airspace so we can begin flying passengers in the world’s largest cities."  Archer Aviation is a diversified Company with Defense Industry interests as well.  (Full Disclosure: SCAUWG.ORG Webmaster owns 1000 or more shares of Archer stock)

Advanced Air:

"Mammoth & Crescent City Flights are operated with Dornier 328 Jet or King Air 350 by Advanced Air, LLC, which holds Air Carrier Certificate #19AA699L and DOT commuter air carrier authorization. Flights are public charters sold by Advanced Air, LLC as the charter operator and direct air carrier, subject to DOT Public Charter Regulations at 14 C.F.R. Part 380, PC-25-059, and PC-25-075. Please click here for more information on public charter flights."  Visit their website Here.

 

11/06/2025   Archer To Acquire Los Angeles Airport As Strategic Air Taxi Network Hub and AI Testbed

Archer Announces Third Quarter Results, Highlighting Additional $650M in Fundraising, Recent Record Flight Test Milestones, Closing of Lilium Patent Portfolio Acquisition & Continued Strong Global Demand

  • Signed definitive agreements to acquire control of one-of-a-kind aviation asset in LA, Hawthorne Airport, for $126M* in cash. The airport is located in the heart of the City, less than three miles from LAX, and the closest airport to some of the city’s biggest destinations — SoFi Stadium, The Forum, Intuit Dome, and Downtown LA.
  • Archer plans for the airport to serve as its operational hub for its planned LA air taxi network and, as a test bed for the AI-powered aviation technologies it is developing and plans to deploy with its airline and technology partners. United Airlines’ Chief Financial Officer, Michael Leskinen, remarked, “Archer’s trajectory validates our conviction that eVTOLs are part of the next generation of air traffic technology that will fundamentally reshape aviation. Their vision for an AI-enabled operations platform isn't just about eVTOLs, it's also about leveraging cutting-edge technology to better enable moving people safely and efficiently in our most congested airspaces. Through United’s investment arm, United Airlines Ventures, we're investing in companies like Archer that pioneer technologies that will define and support aviation infrastructure for decades to come.”
  • Raised $650M of new equity capital, reinforcing Archer’s sector-leading balance sheet taking its total liquidity to now over $2B.
  • Showcased several key performance milestones with its Midnight aircraft– including flights surpassing 50 miles in range and 10,000 feet of altitude.
  • Closed acquisition of Lilium patent portfolio, expanding Archer’s global portfolio to over 1,000 assets, giving it one of the most robust portfolios in the industry.
  • Deployed aircraft in the UAE for test and demonstration flights and strengthened its international reach through marquee partnership announcements with Korean Air, as well as Japan Airlines’ and Sumitomo’s joint venture, Soracle, in Tokyo & Osaka.

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12/02/2025   Archer Aviation Partners with Karem for VTOL Advancements - From TipRanks - "The latest announcement is out from Archer Aviation ( (ACHR) ).- On December 1, 2025, Archer Aviation announced an exclusive collaboration with Karem Aircraft to integrate Karem’s advanced military-grade rotor and tiltrotor technologies into Archer’s next-generation autonomous, hybrid-propulsion VTOL aircraft. This strategic alliance aims to enhance Archer’s dual-use vertical lift platform, which is designed to modernize legacy capabilities for the U.S. and allied militaries. The collaboration, along with Archer’s recent acquisitions of Overair’s and Lilium’s patented technologies, positions Archer to deliver an advanced aircraft capable of operating in contested airspace with low thermal and acoustic signatures. This move underscores Archer’s expansion into the dual-use and hybrid VTOL space, leveraging its core technologies across commercial and defense programs. - The latest announcement is out from Archer Aviation ( (ACHR) ).

12/02/2025   Special to SCAUWG.ORG - At present there are no changes and stakeholders are waiting to see how the transition will go. Previous details have revealed that Hawthorne Municipal will remain open as a public use airport.