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[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 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.
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.
Trump lands in Los Angeles and is met by Gavin Newsom. Friday 24 January 2025 23:14, Mike Bedigan. Touch down! President Trump has arrived in Los Angeles and has disembarked from Air Force One at LAX.
2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting; Los Angeles World Airports; Los Angeles's 11th City Council district; M. 2000 millennium attack plots; P.
The airport was renamed Los Angeles International Airport in 1949. [6] Sepulveda Boulevard was rerouted c. 1950 to loop around the west ends of the extended east–west runways (now runways 25L and 25R), which by November 1950 were 6,000 feet (1,800 m) long. [7]
Watch again as Los Angeles County officials gave a wildfire update on Tuesday (14 January) as a new dangerous weather warning was issued. Firefighters braced the return of ferocious Santa Ana ...
Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott said firefighters were able to keep the blaze in check because “we hit it hard and fast and Mother Nature was a little nicer to us today.” Wind ...