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Runway 7R/25L reopened on March 25, 2007, and the taxiway was completed in 2008. On March 19, 2007, the Airbus A380 made its US debut with simultaneous landings at LAX and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. [44] Commercial service with the Airbus A380 started on October 20, 2008, with Qantas service between LAX and Sydney.
[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.
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). Van Nuys is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world, with the airport's two parallel runways averaging over 230,000 takeoffs and landings annually.
Around 4:30 p.m. Friday, air traffic controllers directed a chartered flight that had just arrived from Spokane, Wash., to hold short of crossing a runway where a second plane was departing ...
A Boeing 747 operated by Lufthansa Airlines ran into a couple of bumps as it landed at LAX Airport in Los Angeles. Video footage of the landing, captured by Airlines Videos Live, shows the ...
A Boeing 747 Lufthansa Airlines aircraft appeared to endure a bumpy landing as it bounced along the runway at LAX.. Video footage of the aircraft coming in to land, posted by Airlines Videos Live ...
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 terminal area was added in 1961 and expanded several times. LAX is the United States' second busiest airport (as of 2019) following Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The Airport Tunnel, also known as the Sepulveda Boulevard Tunnel, is a highway tunnel in Los Angeles, carrying Sepulveda Boulevard underneath the two runways (25L/25R) and taxiways on the south side of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). This section of Sepulveda is a part of California State Route 1.