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Zamperini Field Tower KTOA

Zamperini Field airport traffic control tower (KTOA) is operated by the FAA and is open 0700-2000. Its radio call is "Torrance Tower". Approach and departure control come from Socal Approach, radio call "Socal Approach".

Services published by the FAA

  • LAWRS

ATIS

  • , 24 hours

FAA remarks

  • TWR SECTORIZATION IS BASED ON CENTER OF ARPT PARALLEL TO RY 11/29 CNTRLN.

Airport

Zamperini Field (KTOA): runways and frequencies. See KTOA live in 3D

Pay level

The FAA rates this facility level 6 on its scale of 4 to 12. Busier, more complex facilities get higher levels, and higher levels pay more. A fully certified controller at a level 6 facility was paid between $75,939 and $102,516 a year in 2025, before the local cost-of-living addition. Overtime, night and Sunday pay come on top.

Level: National Academies (2025), The Air Traffic Controller Workforce Imperative, Appendix C, Table C-2, which reproduces FAA data with staffing as of September 23, 2023; the FAA may have changed the level since. Pay range: FAA pay band table effective January 12, 2025, as posted by NATCA.

Source

FAA National Airspace System Resource (NASR) data, 28-day cycle effective 2026-10-01 (FAA NASR subscription). Facility data changes every 28 days; check current FAA publications before flight.

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