Private company

Advanced Air

Logo: Advllc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Airline of the United States

Advanced Air is an American scheduled commuter and private charter airline based in Hawthorne, California, at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport, where it also owns a fixed base operator, Jet Center Los Angeles.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersHawthorne, United States1
  • Websitewww.advancedairlines.com
  • Legal formLimited Liability Company3
  • LEI549300F029S3CGX2QB463
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O Cogency Global Inc., 95814 Sacramento, United States3
  • Registered withSecretary of State, 2005201102483

Advanced Air is an American scheduled commuter and private charter airline based in Hawthorne, California, at the Hawthorne Municipal Airport, where it also owns a fixed base operator, Jet Center Los Angeles.2

Timeline

  1. Jul 18, 2005Founded Advanced Air is founded3

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$76.2M 2019–2026
Figures by year
YearPPP loansOther federal assistanceTotal
2026–$9.5M$9.5M
2025–$18.0M$18.0M
2024–$12.7M$12.7M
2023–$10.2M$10.2M
2022–$6.9M$6.9M
2021$1.2M$6.6M$7.8M
2020$1.2M$6.4M$7.6M
2019–$3.4M$3.4M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2019–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest direct payments

  1. Feb 1, 2025$7.5M from Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation: Payments For Essential Air Services6 To ADVANCED AIR LLC Award 69A3452660468
  2. Feb 1, 2023$6.4M from Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation: Payments For Essential Air Services7 To ADVANCED AIR LLC Award 69A3452560468
  3. Apr 1, 2023$5.5M from Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation: Payments For Essential Air Services8 To ADVANCED AIR LLC Award 69A3452660513

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA9. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 15, 2020$1.2M PPP loan (first draw) from Banc of California9To ADVANCED AIR, LLC, Hawthorne CA; $1.2M forgiven Jan 25, 2021
  2. Jan 21, 2021$1.2M PPP loan (second draw) from Banc of California9To ADVANCED AIR LLC, Hawthorne CA; $1.2M forgiven Sep 9, 2021