LAX ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY SHORTENING OF LENGTH OF ONE OF ITS RUNWAYS, BEGINNING DECEMBER 28, 2015
Beginning Monday, December 28, 2015, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will temporarily shorten the usable length of inboard runway 24L/6R on the north complex to accommodate planned Runway Safety Area (RSA) improvements. The RSA improvements are intended to provide an extra margin of safety for landing and departing aircraft. The shortening of runway 24L/6R is scheduled to continue through September 2016.
During this period the majority of aircraft will still continue to depart on the shortened runway during RSA construction. Only certain heavy aircraft operating long-range international flights may not be able to depart on Runway 24L/6R and may need to use the south complex runways or the north outboard runway instead.
The ability to use the shortened runway (24L/6R) for departure will primarily depend on each air carrier’s determination as they take into account specific aircraft performance, destination, runway length, load factor, weather conditions, and other considerations.
In addition, the deactivation of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) on Runway 24L/6R at the beginning of the project will continue throughout this RSA construction. Since the majority of aircraft land primarily on the outboard runway (24R/6L) on the north complex, this ILS deactivation on Runway 24L/6R is not expected to have a major effect on arrival operations at LAX during the day. However the deactivated ILS will prohibit aircraft from landing on the north inboard runway (24L/6R) during Over-Ocean Operations at night.
Therefore, the FAA is using the LAX north outboard runway 24R/6L instead for landing in order to continue conducting Over-Ocean Operations between midnight and 6:30 a. m. during the RSA construction period.
Residents living adjacent to LAX may notice more aircraft operations than usual occurring on the outboard runways during the construction period.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the fifth busiest airport in the world and second in the United States. LAX served nearly 70.7 million passengers in 2014. LAX offers 692 daily nonstop flights to 85 cities in the U.S. and 928 weekly nonstop flights to 67 cities in 34 countries on 59 commercial air carriers. LAX ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with over two million tons of air cargo valued at nearly $96.3 billion. An economic study in 2011 reported that operations at LAX generated 294,400 jobs in Los Angeles County with labor income of $13.6 billion and economic output of more than $39.7 billion. This activity added $2.5 billion to local and state revenues. LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City’s general fund.
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