Los Angeles
Los Angeles, US.
- Code
- LAX
- Position
- 33.942, -118.409
- Runway
- 3,000 m paved
- Capacity
- About 3,300 movements a week, 30 stands, terminal generation 2
- Weather
- Worst month loses about 1.0% of flights
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.
Source: Coordinates and selected runway and terminal facts checked against published sources, see evidence. Capacity, passenger and weather figures are estimates.
Evidence
Facts checked against published sources. Where a source gives a present day figure for a field that has changed, the game value is kept and the difference is noted in the repository file docs/research/airport-verification.json.
| Field | Year | Checked value | Agreement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| runwayLengthM | 1953 | 2591 | close | en.wikipedia.org |
| other | 1961 | New "jet age" terminals: Terminals 7 and 8 opened 25 June 1961, the rest later in 1961; first jet service to New York January 1959. | new | en.wikipedia.org |
| paxPerYear | 1961 | 7000000 | differs | airporthistory.org |