Los Angeles

Airport
ICAO: KLAX – IATA: LAX
Summary
Name	Los Angeles
Region	North America
Territory	United States
Location	Westchester, Los Angeles, California
Serving	Los Angeles
Elevation	38.405 m <br />126 ft <br />126 ft38.405 m <br />
Coordinates	33° 56' 36.71" N, 118° 24' 31.02" W

Runways
Designator Length Width Surface ROPS 06L/24R 2720 m8,923.885 ft <br /> 46 m150.919 ft <br /> CON yes/yes 06R/24L 3135 m10,285.433 ft <br /> 46 m150.919 ft <br /> CON yes/yes 07L/25R 3685 m12,089.895 ft <br /> 46 m150.919 ft <br /> CON yes/yes 07R/25L 3382 m11,095.801 ft <br /> 61 m200.131 ft <br /> CON yes/yes

METAR
Observation	KLAX 161353Z 09005KT 10SM CLR 18/M06 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP154 T01831056
Station	Los Angeles, Los Angeles International Airport
Date/Time	16 October 2021 13:53:00
Wind direction	90°
Wind speed	05 kts
Lowest cloud amount	n/a
Temperature	18.3°C
Dew point
Humidity	19%
QNH	hPa
Weather condition	n/a

LOS
Tag(s)	Parallel Runway Operation

Los Angeles International Airport

ICAO: KLAX IATA: LAX

Description

Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving Los Angeles, California. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX. LAX is located in southwestern Los Angeles in the neighborhood of Westchester, 26 km14.039 nm <br />26,000 m <br />85,301.837 ft <br /> from the downtown core.

Climatology

Mediterranean climate or Dry-Summer Subtropical (Köppen climate classification Csa) - Summers are warm to hot and dry. Winters are mild and somewhat rainy. Spring and autumn bring mild days with cool evenings and are generally dry.

Maps

Terrain

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Airport Layout

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Accidents & Serious Incidents at or in vicinity of KLAX

• A320, Los Angeles USA, 2005 (On 21 September 2005, an Airbus A320 operated by Jet Blue Airways made a successful emergency landing at Los Angeles Airport, California, with the nose wheels cocked 90 degrees to the fore-aft position after an earlier fault on gear retraction.)
• B733 / SW4, Los Angeles CA USA, 1991 (On 1 February 1991, a Boeing 737-300 had just made a normal visibility night touchdown on Los Angeles runway 24L in accordance with its clearance when its crew saw another aircraft stationary ahead of them on the same runway. Avoidance was impossible in the time available and a high speed collision and post-impact fire destroyed both aircraft and killed 34 of their 101 occupants and injured 30 others. The other aircraft was subsequently found to have been a Fairchild Metroliner cleared to line up and wait by the same controller who had then cleared the 737 to land.)
• B737 / A320, Los Angeles CA USA, 2007 (On 16 August 2007, a Westjet Boeing 737-700 which had just landed began to cross a runway in normal daylight visibility from which an Airbus A320 was taking off because the crew had received a clearance to do so after an ambiguous position report given following a non-instructed frequency change. When the other aircraft was seen, the 737 was stopped partly on the runway and the A320 passed close by at high speed with an 11 metre clearance. The AMASS activated, but not until it was too late to inform a useful controller response.)
• B738 / B744, Los Angeles USA, 2004 (On 19 August 2004, a Boeing 747-400 operated by Asiana Airlines, was given a landing clearance for runway 24L at Los Angeles (LAX). At the same time, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Southwest Airlines was given line up and wait instruction for the same runway. The B744 initiated a go-around as the crew spotted the B738 on the runway.)
• B762, Los Angeles USA, 2006 (On June 2, 2006, an American Airlines Boeing 767-200ER fitted GE CF6-80A engines experienced an uncontained failure of the high pressure turbine (HPT) stage 1 disc in the No. 1 engine during a high-power ground run carried out in designated run up area at Los Angeles for maintenance purposes during daylight normal visibility conditions. The three maintenance personnel on board the aircraft as well as two observers on the ground were not injured but both engines and the aircraft sustained substantial damage from the fuel-fed fire which occurred as an indirect result of the failure.)