Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
[15] [14] The airport was renamed Los Angeles International Airport in 1949. [17] The temporary terminals remained in place for 15 years but quickly became inadequate, especially as air travel entered the "jet age" and other cities invested in modern facilities. Airport leaders once again convinced voters to back a $59 million bond on June 5, 1956.
In 1930, the facility was renamed Los Angeles Municipal Airport, and mostly served general aviation. The facility was pressed into service as a military airfield during World War II. The airport started its conversion into a major passenger airport in 1946, and in 1949 became Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The current U-shaped ...
The airport is located in Burbank, and serves the heavily populated areas of northern Los Angeles County. It is the closest airport to the central and northeastern parts of L.A. (including Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles), Glendale, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley, and the western San Gabriel Valley.
Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport in the Van Nuys neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles. The airport is operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), a branch of the Los Angeles city government , which also operates Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
C. Jackson Grayson, professor at Harvard, Stanford and Tulane; member of the Nixon Cabinet; Thomas M. Humphrey, PhD. 1970, economist; Samuel Israel III, fraudulent hedge fund manager; Judith Kent, B.A., business executive and philanthropist [11] Jeff Klein - hotelier and real estate developer; Dean Lombardi, J.D., President and GM of the Los ...
Dean Lombardi, JD, President and General Manager of the Los Angeles Kings, specialized in labor law; Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) Peter Schloss, JD-1985, CEO of Broadwebasia; Mike Tannenbaum, JD-1995, 47-year-old General Manager of the New York Jets, graduated with Tulane's Sports Law certificate
At the time, the airport consisted of a dirt landing strip in the middle of bean and barley fields. The building was constructed by the city for $35,000, and leased to the Curtiss Wright Flying Service. [2] The airport opened in 1930 as the Los Angeles Municipal Airport, and was purchased by the city in 1937 and renamed the Los Angeles Airport. [3]
Los Angeles Municipal Airport on Army Day, c. 1931. The next year, the dirt runway was replaced with oiled decomposed granite which could be used year-round and two more hangars, a restaurant, office space, and a control tower were built. On June 7, 1930, the facility was dedicated and renamed Los Angeles Municipal Airport. [3]