with dedication in October 1941. Douglas had been drawn to Long Beach's growing municipal airport with its Army and Navy facilities. With wartime contracts the company went into intensive production. The company's first C-47 was delivered 16 days after the attack of Pearl Harbor and another 4,238 were produced during the war. The plant turned out some 1,000 A-20 Havocs, not to mention 3,000 B-17 Flying Fortresses and 1,156 A-26 Invaders. With the end of the war the U.S. Navy abandoned any use of Long Beach Municipal Airport and with it the designation of Long Beach as a Naval Auxiliary Air Station. Facilities Long Beach Airport covers 1,166 acres (472 ha) at an elevation of 60 feet (18 m). It has three asphalt runways: 12/30 is 10,000 by 200 feet (3,048 x 61 m) 8L/26R is 6,192 by 150 feet (1,887 x 46 m) 8R/26L is 3,918 by 100 feet (1,194 x 30 m) It has six helipads: H1 is 20 by 20 feet (6 x 6 m) H2 is 20 by 20 feet (6 x 6 m) H3 is 300 by 35 feet (91 x 11 m) H4 is 20 by 20 feet (6 x 6 m) H5 is 20 by 20 feet (6 x 6 m) H6 is 20 by 20 feet (6 x 6 m) Runways 16L/34R and 16R/34L were permanently closed on July 21, 2016. Runway 16L/34R was 3,330 by 75 feet (1,015 x 23 m), and runway 16R/34L was 4,470 by 75 feet (1,362 x 23 m). Both runways were removed. In the year ending September 30, 2019, the airport had 293,587 aircraft operations, average 804 per day: 86% general aviation, 11% airline, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. 369 aircraft were then based at the airport: 224 single-engine, 46 multi-engine, 41 jet, and 58 helicopter. Airlines and destinations Passenger {{Airport-dest-list|3rdcoltitle=Refs | Delta Connection | Salt Lake City | | Hawaiian Airlines | Honolulu, Kahului | | | Albuquerque (begins September 5, 2023), Austin, Chicago–Midway, Colorado Springs (begins July 11, 2023), Dallas–Love, Denver, El Paso (begins July 11, 2023), Honolulu, Houston–Hobby, Kansas City (begins March 9, 2023),<ref> Cargo Destinations map Statistics Top destinations Airline market share JetBlue no longer serves LGB as of October 2020. Annual traffic Ground transportation Long Beach Transit routes 102, 104, 111, and 176 serve the airport. Specifically, route 111 southbound from the airport connects at the Downtown Long Beach Station,