Earl Daugherty is the aviator credited for establishing the first inland airfield in Long Beach Before it was called the Long Beach Municipal Airport, it was known solely as Daugherty Field. Named in honor of Earl S. Daugherty, a pioneering aviator from Long Beach, it became the first municipal airport to serve Southern California, preceding Los Angeles Airport by more than three years. Daugherty was born in 1887 in Des Moines, Iowa. He moved to Long Beach in 1902 with hi