洛杉矶国际机场(Los Angeles International Airport, IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX)是美国加州大洛杉矶地区的主要机场。当地人一般皆以洛杉矶国际机场的代号“LAX”来称呼该机场(其英文读法为每个字母各别发音)。 就搭乘直达班机的旅客数量而言(非衔接航班),在全球众多机场之中,洛杉矶国际机场名列前茅。以服务的总旅客数量与货物的总重来看,洛杉矶国际机场之客运业务为全球第五大[1]、货运业务则是第六大。在2005年,服务超过6千万旅客和2百万顿货物。洛杉矶国际机场不但是加州最繁忙的客运机场,在美国,也是第三大之机场(但若仅单计算国际旅客数量,洛杉矶国际机场则排名第二,仅次于第一大的纽约肯尼迪国际机场[2],全球则是排名第20名)。 往来洛杉矶国际机场的航班遍及北美洲、拉丁美洲、欧洲、亚洲、和大洋洲,共计连接87个美国国内机场与69个外国之机场。在该机场,最主要的航空公司为联合航空(占19.57%的旅客流量,包含联合快捷(United Express),其次为美国航空(American Airlines)(15%)和西南航空(Southwest Airlines)(12.7%)[3]。同时,也是阿拉斯加航空(Alaska Airlines)和达美航空(Delta Air Lines)国际与国内航线的主要航点。 洛杉矶国际机场紧邻太平洋,位于洛杉矶市中心西南方约15英里(24公里)处,占地3425英亩(14平方公里)。因为机场位于太平洋岸边,浓雾有时影响班机起降,此时,部份航班会选择就近转降47英里(76公里)外圣博那蒂诺县(San Bernardino)的安大略国际机场。 仅管洛杉矶国际机场是该地区最大的机场,但由于洛杉矶地区幅员广大,此一地区内同时拥有为数不少的民用机场。事实上,有些著名的景点,如Hollywood,离这些小机场的距离,要比到洛杉矶国际机场要近得许多。 附带一提,洛杉矶国际机场是最有名民航飞机迷观赏飞机的机场之一。其中,Imperial Hill 地区为著名观机的地点,整个机场的南面由此处可一览无遗。此外,位在24左跑道与24右跑道端靠近 In-N-Out 汉堡速食店旁的草地,更是飞机迷经常造访之处。在此处观赏民航班机,最大的好处,是有机会可以看到各种不同机型,飞越头顶上空而降落的壮观景色。
历史 洛杉矶国际机场共有九个航厦,排列成马蹄形,其中由接驳公共汽车接送往来旅客。除了旅客航厦外,洛杉矶国际机场另有占地200万平方英尺(18.6万平方米)的货运设施,并设有一个直升机起降场。
航厦以及航空公司 使用此航厦的航空公司与其往来城市如下:
西南航空(Southwest Airlines) - (阿布奎基、奥斯汀、巴尔的摩/华盛顿特区、芝加哥-中途、艾尔帕索、休士顿-哈比、堪萨斯城、拉斯维加斯、奈许维尔、奥克兰、费城、菲尼克斯、雷诺/太浩湖、沙加缅度、圣路易斯、盐湖城、圣安东尼奥、圣荷西、土桑) 全美航空(US Airways) - (夏洛特、费城、匹兹堡)
全美航空 - (拉斯维加斯、菲尼克斯) 由美西航空(America West Airlines)飞行 全美快捷(US Airways Express) - (拉斯维加斯、菲尼克斯、普多幕拉塔(Puerto Vallarta)) 由梅萨航空(Mesa Airlines)飞行 第一航厦(Terminal 1) 使用此航厦的航空公司与其往来城市如下:
加拿大航空(Air Canada) (卡加利、多伦多、温哥华)
加拿大爵士航空 (卡加利、蒙特利尔、艾德蒙顿) 中国国际航空(Air China) (北京) 法国航空(Air France) (大溪地-帕皮提、巴黎-戴高乐) 美国空运司令部(Air Mobility Command) 新西兰航空(Air New Zealand) (阿皮亚、奥克兰、伦敦-希斯洛、南地、大溪地-帕皮提) Aviacsa (蒙特瑞) Avianca (波哥大) 夏威夷航空(Hawaiian Airlines) (檀香山) 荷兰皇家航空(KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) (阿姆斯特丹) 西北航空(Northwest Airlines) (底特律、香港、檀香山、印第安纳波里、拉斯维加斯、孟菲斯、密尔瓦基、明尼阿波里斯/圣保罗、东京-成田) 中美洲航空(TACA) (离开:危地马拉市、圣荷西、圣萨尔瓦多) 维京大西洋航空(Virgin Atlantic Airways) (伦敦-希斯洛) 第二航厦(Terminal 2) 使用此航厦的航空公司与其往来城市如下:
穿越航空(AirTran Airways) - (亚特兰大、印第安纳波里) 阿拉斯加航空(Alaska Airlines) - (坎昆、瓜达拉哈拉(Guadalajara)、依克思塔帕(Ixtapa)/奇瓦添侯(Zihuatanejo)、拉巴斯、罗瑞多(Loreto)、洛斯卡波斯(Los Cabos)、玛莎特兰(Mazatlan)、墨西哥市、波特兰(OR)、普多幕拉塔(Puerto Vallarta)、旧金山、西雅图-塔科马、史坡堪(Spokane)、温哥华、华盛顿-雷根)
地平线航空(Horizon Air) - (阿卡塔、波伊西、梅德福、雷丁、雷德蒙/班德、雷诺/太浩湖、圣塔罗莎、太阳谷) ATA航空(ATA Airlines) - (檀香山、卡互陆依) 边疆航空(Frontier Airlines) - (丹佛、旧金山) 中西航空(Midwest Airlines) - (堪萨斯城、密尔瓦基) 太阳国航空(Sun Country Airlines) - (明尼阿波利斯/圣保罗) 卫斯捷航空(WestJet) - (卡加利) 第三航厦(Terminal 3) 使用此航厦的航空公司与其往来城市如下:
美国航空(American Airlines) - (奥斯丁、波士顿、芝加哥-欧海尔、达拉斯/沃斯堡、丹佛、罗德岱堡、檀香山、卡互陆依、可纳、利互也、伦敦-希斯洛、洛斯卡波斯、迈阿密、纳许维尔、纽华克、纽约-肯尼迪、奥兰多、圣安东尼奥、旧金山、圣胡安、圣萨尔瓦多、圣路易斯、东京-成田、多伦多、华盛顿-杜勒斯)
美国老鹰航空(American Eagle Airlines) - (法雅特维尔(AR)、佛瑞斯诺、蒙特瑞(CA)、圣地牙哥、圣荷西(CA)、圣路易斯奥比斯保、圣塔芭芭拉) 澳洲航空(Qantas) - 参见汤姆·布兰得利国际航厦项目 第四航厦(Terminal 4) 使用此航厦的航空公司与其往来城市如下:
Aerolitoral (来往墨西哥各城市如 Culiacán, Hermosillo, La Paz 与 Monterrey) Aeroméxico (在第五航厦仅提供入境服务) Air Jamaica (来往西印度群岛牙买加之Montego Bay) Delta Air Lines (来往墨西哥之Acapulco, Cancún,Guadalajara,Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo; 危地马拉首府Guatemala City; 利比里亚(Liberia); 美国本土亚特兰大(Atlanta);波士顿(Boston);辛辛那提(Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky; 俄亥俄州首府Columbus; 佛罗里达州北部之Orlando,中部之Tampa,与南部之Fort Lauderdale; 康乃迪克州首府Hartford; 夏威夷州首府檀香山(Honolulu), 夏威夷州Maui岛的Kahului; 纽约市约翰肯尼迪机场(JFK),那瓜迪亚机场(LaGuardia); 北卡罗来纳州首府Raleigh, 犹他州首府盐湖城(Salt Lake City))
Delta Connection (由Atlantic Southeast Airlines经营) (往来墨西哥城市Culiacán, Hermosillo,Manzanillo, Mazatlán, Torreon,Zacatecas, 玻利维亚之La Paz, 阿根廷之Loreto, 美国本土之拉斯维加斯(Las Vegas), 奥克兰(Oakland), 加州首府Sacramento, 旧金山(San Francisco), 圣荷西(San Jose)) Spirit Airlines (底特律) 第五航厦(Terminal 5) 使用此航厦的航空公司与其往来城市如下: Mexico City)
Aeroméxico 本航厦只提供出发只班机,前往墨西哥之 Aguascalientes, Cancún, Culiacán, Guadalajara, León 与 大陆航空 往来俄亥俄州之Cleveland,夏威夷州之Honolulu与Kahului, 德州之 Houston-Intercontinental与Newark
Continental Express 由ExpressJet Airlines经营,往来 墨西哥之 Aguascalientes Durango,León 与Morelia Copa Airlines 来往巴拿马共和国之巴拿马市(Panama City) 达美航空 参见第五航厦
Delta Connection 由SkyWest经营,来往犹他州首府盐湖城(Salt Lake City) 联合航空 国际班机入境,来自 墨西哥之Cancún, Guatemala City, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico City, 萨尔瓦多之首府圣萨尔瓦多(San Salvador), 英国伦敦,澳洲之墨尔本(Melbourne)与雪梨(Sydney), 日本东京(Tokyo-Narita) (联合航空在第六航厦与第七航厦经营国际与国内航线) 第六航厦(Terminal 6) 使用此航厦的航空公司与其往来城市如下:
联合航空(United Airlines) - (巴尔的摩/华盛顿DC、波士顿、芝加哥-欧海尔、达拉斯/沃斯堡、丹佛、危地马拉市、檀香山、卡互陆依、可纳、利互也、伦敦-希斯洛、墨尔本、墨西哥市、纽奥良、纽约-肯尼迪、纽华克、奥兰多、费城、波特兰(OR)、沙加缅度、旧金山、圣萨尔瓦多、西雅图-塔科马、雪梨、东京-成田、华盛顿-杜勒斯)
泰德(Ted) - (坎昆、依克思塔帕(Ixtapa)/奇瓦添侯(Zihuatanejo)、拉斯维加斯) 由联合航空(United Airlines)飞行 第七航厦(Terminal 7) 使用此航厦的航空公司与其往来城市如下:
联合航空(United Airlines)
联航快捷(United Express) - (阿布奎基、杨树市、贝克斯菲尔德、波伊西、卡洛斯巴德、科罗拉多泉、佛瑞斯诺、帝国市、因约肯、莫德斯度、蒙特瑞、奥克兰(CA)、奥克拉荷马市、安大略(CA)、橙县、奥古斯纳、棕榈泉、菲尼克斯、雷诺/太浩湖、沙加缅度、盐湖城、圣安东尼奥、圣地牙哥、圣荷西(CA)、圣路易斯奥比斯保、圣塔芭芭拉、圣塔玛利亚、圣乔治、土桑、温哥华、维沙利亚、优马) 由天西航空(SkyWest)飞行 第八航厦(Terminal 8) 使用此航厦的航空公司与其往来城市如下: 汤姆·布兰得利国际航厦(Tom Bradley International Terminal)于1984年夏季奥运时开放,也是以洛杉矶第一个非洲裔和在任最久(20年)的市长,汤姆·布兰得利,而命名。汤姆·布兰得利国际航厦位于旅客航厦西侧、第三和第四航厦之间。
爱尔兰航空(Aer Lingus) - (都柏林) 俄罗斯航空(Aeroflot) - (莫斯科-Sheremetyevo) 印度航空(Air India) - (德里、法兰克福、孟买) 太平洋航空(Air Pacific) - (拿迪) 新大溪地航空(Air Tahiti Nui) - (帕比提、巴黎-戴高乐) 阿拉斯加航空(Alaska Airlines) - 到达 全日空(All Nippon Airways) - (东京-成田) 韩亚航空(Asiana Airlines) - (首尔-仁川) 英国航空(British Airways) - (伦敦-希斯洛) 国泰航空(Cathay Pacific) - (香港) 中华航空(China Airlines) - (台北-桃园) 中国东方航空(China Eastern Airlines) - (北京、上海-浦东) 中国南方航空 (广州) 巴拿马航空(Copa Airlines) - 到达 以色列航空(El Al) - (特拉维夫、多伦多) 长荣航空(EVA Air) - (台北-桃园) 日本航空(Japan Airlines) - (东京-成田) 大韩航空(Korean Air) - (首尔-仁川、东京-成田) 智利国家航空(LAN Airlines) - (利马、圣地牙哥)
秘鲁国家航空(LAN Peru) - (利马) 空运国际(LTU International) - (杜塞尔多夫) 德国汉莎航空(Lufthansa) - (法兰克福、慕尼黑) 马来西亚航空(Malaysia Airlines) - (吉隆坡、台北-桃园) 墨西哥航空(Mexicana) - (坎昆、瓜达拉哈拉、里昂(León)、洛斯卡波斯(Los Cabos)、玛莎特兰(Mazatlán)、墨西哥市、摩瑞里亚(Morelia)、萨卡特卡斯(Zacatecas))
墨西哥Click航空(Click Mexicana) - (图利昂(Torreón)) 菲律宾航空(Philippine Airlines) - (马尼拉) 澳洲航空(Qantas) - (奥克兰、布里斯班、墨尔本、雪梨) 新加坡航空(Singapore Airlines) - (新加坡-樟宜、台北-桃园、东京-成田) 瑞士国际航空(Swiss International Air Lines) - (苏黎世) 中美洲航空(TACA) - 到达 泰国航空(Thai Airways International) - (曼谷) 汤姆·布兰得利国际航厦
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要驾车往来洛杉矶国际机场,可经由405号高速公路Century大道出口,或105号高速公路Sepulveda大道出口抵达。
捷运
捷运系统无法直接抵达乘洛杉矶国际机场,但是可先搭乘捷运绿线轻轨系统抵达Aviation/I-105站,再转乘免费机场接驳公共汽车(G线)前往机场。接驳公共汽车每十分钟发车一班。(早在原本的规划案中,捷运绿线可直接抵达机场。然而,受到机场外围停车业者的抗议,与施工经费之短绌,计划因而延后。)
市区与机场接驳公共汽车
自2006年3月15日起,机场管理处开始了往来市区与机场的接驳公共汽车服务。车程约45分钟,单程票价美金3元,提供收费室内停车,每天4到6元,最多可停放30天。3处发车点如下:
(1)市中心联合车站(Union Station)。搭乘捷运红线、紫线与黄线,或铁路可抵达该站。
(2)位于Van Nuys机场旁。
(3)Westwood加州大学洛杉矶分校36号停车场旁。
此外,部分航空公司可让旅客可于上车处,额外缴付美金5元,便可办理班机报到,领取登机证与托运行李手续。唯此服务仅限于来往美国本土50州的旅客,国际旅客无法适用。此服务的时间为每天凌晨四点三十分至晚间七点。提供此一服务的航空公司有美国航空与其子公司American Eagle,阿拉斯加航空,大陆航空,Delta Airlines,Horizon Air,西北航空公司,Ted Airlines,联合航空与其子公司 United Express,与美西航空。
停车
洛杉矶国际机场外围之停车场众多,其收费价格大致以该停车场据机场之远近而定。所有的停车场均提供往来机场各航厦的接驳服务。
机场交通 The Flight Path Learning Center is located at 6661 Imperial Highway and was formerly known as the "West Imperial Terminal." This building used to house some charter flights (Condor Airlines) and regular scheduled flights by MGM Grand Air. It sat empty for 10 years until it was re-opened as a learning center for LAX. The center contains information on the history of aviation, several pictures of the airport, as well as aircraft scale models, flight attendant uniforms, and general airline swag (playing cards, china, magazines, signs, even a TWA gate information sign). If you ask nicely, one of the fine docents (who are usually retired flight attendants who started work in the 1950s or have been working at the airport for many years) will be glad to open one of the restricted access doors and allow you to stand out on the tarmac (behind a small fence) to get shots of the south side. The center is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. While it does not provide the greatest shots for planespotters, it is definitely worth a visit.
Flight Path Learning Center
On the morning of June 30, 1956, a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation and a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 departed LAX within three minutes of each other on eastbound transcontinental flights. The two propeller-driven airliners subsequently collided over the Grand Canyon in Arizona while both were flying in unmonitored airspace, killing all 128 passengers and crew aboard both planes. Plane crashes and terrorism
On January 13, 1969, a Scandinavian Airlines System Douglas DC-8-62 crashed into Santa Monica Bay, approximately 6 nautical miles west of LAX at 7:21 PM, local time. The aircraft was operating as flight SK-933, nearing the completion of a flight from Seattle. Of nine crewmembers, three lost their lives to drowning, while 12 of the 36 passengers also drowned. On January 18, 1969, a United Airlines Boeing 727-22C bearing the registration number N7434U, crashed into Santa Monica Bay approximately 11.3 miles west of LAX at 6:21 p.m. local time. The aircraft was destroyed, resulting in the loss of all 32 passengers and six crewmembers aboard. 1960s
On the evening of June 6, 1971, a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner departed LAX on a flight to Salt Lake City, Utah, when it was struck nine minutes after takeoff by a U.S. Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom fighter jet over the San Gabriel Mountains. The midair collision killed all 44 passengers and five crew members aboard the DC-9 airliner and one of two crewmen aboard the military jet. On August 6, 1974, a bomb exploded near the Pan Am ticketing area at Terminal 2; two people were killed and 17 were injured. On March 1, 1978, two tires burst in succession on a Continental Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 during its takeoff roll at LAX and the plane, bound for Honolulu, veered off the runway. A third tire burst and the DC-10's left landing gear collapsed, causing a fuel tank to rupture. Following the aborted takeoff, spilled fuel ignited and enveloped the center portion of the aircraft in flames. During the ensuing emergency evacuation, a husband and wife died when they exited the passenger cabin onto the wing and dropped down directly into the flames. Two additional passengers died of their injuries approximately three months after the accident; 74 others aboard the plane were injured, as were 11 firemen battling the fire. On the morning of September 25, 1978, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, which was on a Sacramento-Los Angeles International Airport-Lindbergh Field, San Diego route, collided in midair with a Cessna 172 while descending for a landing at Lindbergh Field; both planes crashed in San Diego's North Park district, killing all 135 on board the PSA jetliner, both occupants of the Cessna aircraft, and 7 persons on the ground. On the evening of March 10, 1979, Swift Aire Flight 235, a twin-engine Aerospatiale Nord 262A-33 turboprop enroute to Santa Maria, was forced to ditch in Santa Monica Bay after experiencing engine problems upon takeoff from LAX. The pilot, co-pilot and a female passenger drowned when they were unable to exit the aircraft after the ditching. The female flight attendant and the three remaining passengers -- two men and a pregnant woman -- survived and were rescued by several pleasure boats and watercraft in the vicinity. On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10, dropped an engine during takeoff and crashed while en route to Los Angeles from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, killing all 271 passengers and crew on board and two people on the ground. 1970s
On the morning of August 2, 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, on a Fort Lauderdale-Dallas-Los Angeles route, crashed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 136 of the 167 passengers on board. On August 31, 1986, Aeromexico Flight 498, a DC-9 en route from Mexico City, Mexico to Los Angeles, began its descent into LAX when a Piper Cherokee collided with the DC-9's left horizontal stabilizer over Cerritos, California, causing the DC-9 to crash into a residential neighborhood. All 64 passengers and crew aboard the Aeromexico flight were killed, in addition to 15 on the ground. 5 homes were destroyed and an additional 7 were damaged by the crash and resulting fire. The 3 occupants of the Piper were killed immediately when the two planes collided; their aircraft went down in a nearby schoolyard and caused no further injuries on the ground. As a result of this incident, FAA required all commercial aircraft to be equipped with Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). On December 7, 1987, Pacific Southwest Airlines PSA Flight 1771, bound from LAX to San Francisco International Airport, was cruising above the central California coast when a disgruntled USAir employee aboard the plane shot his ex-supervisor, both pilots and then himself, causing the airplane to crash near the town of Cayucos. All 43 aboard perished. Following this event, airline staff and crew were no longer allowed to bypass security checks at U.S. airports. 1980s
On February 1, 1991, USAir Flight 1493, a Boeing 737 landing on Runway 24L at LAX, collided upon touchdown with a SkyWest Fairchild Metroliner, Flight 5569, that had been holding in position on the same runway. The collision killed all 12 occupants of the SkyWest plane and 22 persons aboard the USAir 737. If Project Bojinka had not been discovered after a fire in Manila, Philippines, one or more aircraft owned by a U.S. carrier/s at this airport would have blown up over the Pacific Ocean on January 21, 1995 as part of the project's first phase. On October 2, 1996, AeroPeru Flight 603, a Boeing 757 en route to LAX from Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, via Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru, crashed in the waters of the Pacific Ocean. All 70 passengers and crew on board died. On October 31, 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990, which was on a Los Angeles-JFK, New York, New York-Cairo route, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket after takeoff from New York, killing all 217 persons on board. 1990s
In the year 2000, Al-Qaeda attempted to bomb LAX during the millennium holiday, although the bomber was caught at the U.S. port of entry. Ahmed Ressam was captured in Port Angeles, Washington, with a cache of explosives in the trunk of his rented car which had traveled with him from Victoria, British Columbia, aboard the ferry "Coho". The plot was part of the 2000 millennium attack plots. Ressam was sentenced to 22 years in prison on July 27, 2005. On the afternoon of January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 jetliner flying from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to San Francisco and Seattle, requested to make an emergency landing at LAX after experiencing control problems with its tail-mounted horizontal stabilizer. Before the plane could divert to Los Angeles, it suddenly plummeted into the Pacific Ocean approximately 2.7 miles north of Anacapa Island off the California coast, killing all 88 persons aboard the aircraft. On July 4, 2002, a gunman killed 2 Israelis at the ticket counter of El Al Airlines at LAX. Although the gunman was not linked to any terrorist group, the man was upset at U.S. support for Israel, and therefore was motivated by political disagreement. This led the FBI to classify this shooting as a terrorist act, one of the few on U.S. soil since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The attack was similar to the Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks. On September 22, 2005, a JetBlue A320 (JetBlue Flight 292) discovered a problem with its landing gear as it took off from Burbank Airport. It flew in circles for three hours to burn off fuel, then landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport, balancing on its back wheels as it rolled down the center of the runway. Passengers were able to watch their own coverage live from the satellite broadcast on JetBlue in-flight TV seat displays of their plane as it made an emergency fiery landing. [4] On July 29, 2006, after America West Flight 6008 from Phoenix landed on the airport's southernmost runway, controllers instructed the pilot to leave the runway on a taxiway known as "Mike" and stop short of the inner runway. Even though the pilot read back the instructions correctly, he drove onto the inner runway and into the path of a departing United Express turboprop Flight 6037. They cleared each other by 50 feet and nobody was hurt. 2000s
In the film Speed, a bus that is armed with a bomb cannot drop its speed to below 50 miles per hour or else it will explode. After running through the congested Los Angeles traffic and getting on the freeway, Jack Traven finally directs to the bus to enter LAX so it can safely move around without being a danger. Popular culture
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