Lockheed Plant B-1 Runway (Burbank, California)

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In 1928 the Lockheed Aircraft Company began operating at this location, southeast of the intersection of North Buena Vista Street & West Empire Avenue. It was not adjacent to the Burbank Airport, which was a half-mile to the northwest.
At some point between 1928-30, a single runway was constructed on the southern edge of the Plant B-1 property.
It was approximately 2,000' long, and ran northwest/southeast on the north side of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks.
"The Lockheed factory airstrip was in use until about 1941, when the P-38 came out.
The P-38s were towed down Empire Street in the middle of the night to the newly acquired Burbank (Union) Air Terminal,
which was renamed 'Lockheed Air Terminal'"
The airstrip at Plant B-1 was reused as a parking lot during WW2, and was apparently never used again as a runway.
Ref.:
www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_SanFernan.htm