Los Angeles, International ( LAX / KLAX ) CA. USA - Part.1

IATA: LAX – ICAO: KLAX – FAA: LAX
Summary
Airport type		Public,Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving Los Angeles, California, United States. It is often referred to by its airport code LAX, with the letters pronounced individually. LAX is located in southwestern Los Angeles in the neighborhood of Westchester, 16 mi (26 km) from the downtown core.
Owner		City of Los Angeles
Operator		Los Angeles World Airports
Serves		Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area
Location		Los Angeles, California, USA
Fact.		With 61,895,548 passengers in 2007, LAX is the fifth busiest airport in the world and is served by direct flights to North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and The Middle East. The airport is a major hub for United Airlines and a focus city for American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Southwest Airlines.
Coordinates
Website		www.lawa.org/lax
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
6L/24R	8,925	2,720	Concrete
6R/24L	10,285	3,135	Concrete
7L/25R	12,091	3,685	Concrete
7R/25L	11,096	3,382	Concrete
Helipads
Number	Length		Surface
	ft	m
H3	63	19	Concrete

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DSp Pictures
Year	Nikon D80		Spot Location
	Digital	Jepeg
2008			B - The Proud Wings restaurant is located under the approach path of Runways 25L and 25R. There are a few military aircraft on display here.

The "X" in LAX

Before the 1930s, existing airports used a two-letter abbreviation based on the weather station at the airports. So, at that time, LA served as the designation for Los Angeles International Airport.

But, with the rapid growth in the aviation industry, the designations expanded to three letters, and LA became LAX.

The letter X does not otherwise have any specific meaning in this identifier. Portland International Airport in Oregon also has a similar code: PDX.

"LAX" is also used for the International Port of Los Angeles

History

In 1928, the Los Angeles City Council selected 640 acres (1.00 sq mi/2.6 km²) in the southern part of Westchester as the site of a new airport for the city. The fields of wheat, barley and lima beans were converted into dirt landing strips without any terminal buildings. It was named Mines Field for William W. Mines, the real estate agent who arranged the deal. The first structure, Hangar No. 1, was erected in 1929 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Mines Field was dedicated and opened as the official airport of Los Angeles in 1930, and the city purchased it to be a municipal airfield in 1937. The name was officially changed to Los Angeles Airport in 1941, and to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in 1949. Prior to that time, the main airport for Los Angeles was the "Grand Central Airport" in Glendale

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LAX airport aera

Although LAX is the largest airport in the Greater Los Angeles Area, the region relies on a multiple airport system because of its vast size.

Many of the area's most well-known attractions are closer to alternative airports than to LAX; for example, Hollywood and Griffith Park are closer to Bob Hope Airport in Burbank; while John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana is close to Disneyland, the Honda Center, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and other Orange County attractions.

Long Beach Airport is close to some of the coastal attractions known to Southern California, like Palos Verdes and Huntington Beach. LA/Ontario International Airport is closer to the Inland Empire region's cities of Riverside, Corona and San Bernardino of Southern California.

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Video Airport Song of LAX

Airportsong of LAX , CA. USA
envoyé par DreamSpotter

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Traffics.

LAX handles more "origin and destination" (i.e. not connecting) passengers than any other airport in the world.It is the world's fifth-busiest airport by passenger traffic and eleventh-busiest by cargo traffic, serving over 60 million passengers and more than two million tons of freight in 2006. It is the busiest airport in the state of California, and the third-busiest airport by passenger traffic in the United States based on final 2006 statistics. In terms of international passengers, LAX is the second-busiest in the U.S. (behind only JFK International Airport in New York City), and 26th worldwide.

Its most prominent airlines are United Airlines

(19.4% of passenger traffic, combined with United Express traffic),

LAX serves 87 domestic and 69 international destinations in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania

American Airlines (15.1%)

Delta Airlines/ Delta Connection Delta Airlines (7.7%).

American Airlines/ American Eagle (126 departures/day),

Air France, Lufthansa and United each serve two destinations in Europe for the most there

United Airlines/United Express operates the most departures from the airport per day (225),

Delta has the most destinations in Latin America (17).

Delta Airlines/ Delta Connection (85/day).

and Southwest Airlines (12.4%) with 105 departures/day.