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2. Los Angeles International Airport - Wikipedia

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   Los Angeles International Airport [a] ( IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX) is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles and its surrounding metropolitan area in California, United States. LAX is located in the Westchester neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles, 18 miles (29 km; 16 nmi) southwest of Downtown Los Angeles, with the ...

3. History of Los Angeles International Airport - Wikipedia

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   1930–1939: Los Angeles Municipal Airport. 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 ...

4. Janet (airline) - Wikipedia

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   History. The fleet's "Janet" call sign is said to stand for "Just Another Non-Existent Terminal" [3] [4] or "Joint Air Network for Employee Transportation". [5] The first flights from Las Vegas to Area 51 were performed in 1972 by a Douglas DC-6 operated by EG&G. A second DC-6 was added in 1976 and this type remained in use until 1981. [6]

5. Los Angeles World Airports - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Terminals of Los Angeles International Airport - Wikipedia

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   Map of LAX showing Terminals 1 through 8, plus the Tom Bradley International Terminal (B) and the Regional Terminal (R) Los Angeles International Airport has more than 150 gates in nine passenger terminals arranged in the shape of the letter U or a horseshoe. On the landside of the airport, LAX Shuttle route A buses allow passengers to move ...

7. Los Angeles runway disaster - Wikipedia

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   Los Angeles runway disaster. The wreckage of Flight 1493 after the accident. / 33.9494; -118.4095. On the evening of February 1, 1991, USAir Flight 1493, a Boeing 737-300, collided with SkyWest Airlines Flight 5569, a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner turboprop aircraft, upon landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).