LAX ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY NIGHTTIME RUNWAY CLOSURES
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will temporarily close its north inboard runway 24L/6R for 54.5 hours beginning Saturday at 12:01 a.m. and continuing to Monday, November 23, at 6:30 a.m. for Runway Safety Area (RSA) improvements. In addition, during the last 6.5 hours of this closure, LAX will also close the north outboard runway 24R/6L.
RSA improvements are mandated by the U.S. Congress and are intended to provide an extra margin of safety and arriving and departing aircraft.
Persons living near LAX notice a change in aircraft flight activity and noise during these temporary runway closures. When the north inboard runway (24L/6R) closes this weekend, more aircraft are expected to use the north outboard runway (24R/6L) for departure and arrival operations.
In addition, and particularly when both north complex runways are closed, some aircraft operations are expected to shift from the north to the south complex.
LAX will continue to conduct normal Over-Ocean Operations (OOO) between midnight and 6:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, but will deviate from OOO Monday when both north runways will be temporarily closed.
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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