AirportsLos Angeles International Airport is a large airport serving Los Angeles, in California, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LAX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LAX
- ICAO code
- KLAX
- City
- Los Angeles
- State or region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W
- Elevation
- 38 m (125 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 3,930 m (12,894 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LAX means Los Angeles International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KLAX. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W. It stands 38 metres (125 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Los Angeles, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Los Angeles International Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 3,930 metres (12,894 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 16.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7L/25R | 3,930 m 12,894 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 7R/25L | 3,382 m 11,095 ft | 61 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 6R/24L | 3,310 m 10,859 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 6L/24R | 2,721 m 8,926 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal AirportHawthorne | HHR | 7 km |
| Long Beach International AirportLong Beach | LGB | 28 km |
| Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope AirportBurbank | BUR | 29 km |
| John Wayne Orange County International AirportSanta Ana | SNA | 58 km |
| Ontario International AirportOntario | ONT | 75 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,877 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,998 km | 17 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,400 km | 16 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,760 km | 11 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,974 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,102 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,812 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,061 km | 15 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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