QANTAS747-438 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 1638 posts, RR: 0 Posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 1185 times:
Hey! Many people have discussed the landing patterns for LAX, and I find it fascinating. As the origin of the flight determines which runway and pattern to use at LAX, what are the same rules and patterns for take-off out of LAX? For instance, I know the planes going east take off going west, then loop around and fly over LA, Pasadena, Arcadia, the mountains, Palm Springs, and out. But is there more to that? And what about the Pacific flights? Oh, so many questions! Thanks!
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AAR90 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 3342 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 1154 times:
Northbound flights go west then right turn over Ventura (or slightly west of Ventura) VOR. Westbound flights continue west. Southbound flights go west to clear traffic along the coastline, then turn south.
And yes, it really is that simple.
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Modesto2 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2549 posts, RR: 7 Reply 2, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 1121 times:
Many northbound aircraft also depart via the Gorman 2 departure. After heading west over the ocean, they turn north and head to Gorman VOR. Additionally, some eastbound aircraft depart on the Loop 2 departure. After departure, they turn left and do a loop (hence the name of the DP). In the turn, they are cleared direct to the Los Angeles VOR.
Skwpilot From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 60 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (11 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1096 times:
Runway selection has a lot to do with the traffic flow at LAX. It seems that ATC's battle plan most of the time is to depart aircraft off of the inboard runways (24L and 25R which are closest to the terminal buildings) and land on the outboards (24R and 25L). This seems to eliminate as much taxiing congestion as possible. Aircraft which have routes which are roughly north of the airport will arrive and depart on the north complex (runways 24L, 24R), while southern routed aircraft tend to takeoff and land on the south complex (runways 25L, 25R). This avoids potential traffic hazards with aircraft crossing from one side to the other on final or on departure corridors. When traffic is light, exceptions to this occur because there is more space for ATC to manage traffic. Aircraft from the east seem to go to which ever complex has an open slot.
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