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January 6 and 7, 2000

Widebody Airliners at Los Angeles International Airport On January 6 and 7, 2000, I shot pictures of the operations at Los Angeles International Airport. Here, in ascending gross weight, are representatives of the widebody airliners that frequent LAX.


Operations at Los Angeles International Airport, March 26, 2005

I spent Saturday, March 26 at Los Angeles International Airport shooting pictures of the airliners with some of my aviation minded friends.

Part 1: Sepulveda Boulevard

We started the day on Sepulveda Boulevard, under the approach to the north runways, Runway 24L and Runway 24R.

Part 2: Imperial Avenue

We moved to the benches on Imperial Avenue that overlook the south runways, Runway 25L and Runway 25R, for the middle of the day.

Part 3: Vista del Mar Park

We finished our day at LAX by photographing departures from the north runways from Vista del Mar Park, above Dockweiler Beach.


Air Traffic at Los Angeles International Airport, February 28, 2006

Delta Airlines 767-232, N102DA Spirit of Delta

Delta Airlines 767-232, N102DA Spirit of Delta was the first 767-200 operated by Delta and will be the last to be retired. It made a last tour of the United States before its retirement to a Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. In preparation for its retirement, it has been painted in the livery it wore in 1982. It arrived at Los Angeles International Airport for the last time on February 27 in a major rain storm.

On the morning of February 28 the storm abated. I drove to LAX to photograph Spirit of Delta. N102DA made a local flight around Santa Catalina Island with a load of lucky passengers. It then departed for Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington.

While I was at LAX, I photographed dozens of airliners.

Air Traffic Page 1

Page 1 of the Air Traffic at Los Angeles International Airport, February 28, 2006 display

Air Traffic Page 2

Page 2 of the Air Traffic at Los Angeles International Airport, February 28, 2006 display


Air Traffic at Los Angeles International Airport, March, 2006

On Thursday, March 2, 2006, I spent a few hours on the hill above Imperial Highway photographing the traffic on the south runways at LAX.

Air Traffic Page 1

Page 1 of the Air Traffic at Los Angeles International Airport, March 2, 2006 display

Air Traffic Page 2

Page 2 of the Air Traffic at Los Angeles International Airport, March 2, 2006 display


Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007

Airbus A380 makes its first visit to Los Angeles, March 19, 2007 The first prototype of the Airbus A380, F-WWOW landed at Los Angeles International Airport for the first time at 9:30 AM PDT on Monday, March 19, 2007. It arrived from Toulouse, France with the call sign Airbus 101 Super. It departed on Tuesday, March 20.


Airbus A380 at Los Angeles International, November 29, 2007

Airbus A380 at Los Angeles International, November 29, 2007 Airbus A380-841 F-WWJB visited Los Angfeles International Airport in late November. It arrived at 11:45 AM on Wednesday November 28. It took off on a demonstration flight Thursday morning at 7:30 and returned at 9:00. It departed for Sydney, Australia Friday morning at 8:00 in heavy rain.

Air Traffic at Los Angeles International, November 29, 2007

Air Traffic at Los Angeles International, November 29, 2007 I arrived at LAX at sunrise on Thursday, November 29, to photograph the Airbus A380 making a demonstration flight on its second visit to the airport. While waiting for its departure, I photographed several airliners and freighters taking off.

Flight Operations at Los Angeles International Airport, September 21, 2012

Flight Operations at Los Angeles International Airport, September 21, 2012 A variety of airplanes landed at Los Angeles International Airport while I waited for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. I took up a position at the west end of long term parking Lot C while I waited for the 747/Shuttle stack to fly along Runway 24 Right on the north side of LAX. After the first pass of the 747/Shuttle stack over the north runway, I moved to Lennox Park, east of the 405 Freeway to wait for its pass over Runway 25 Right on the south side of the airport.

Flight Operations at Los Angeles International Airport, August 20, 2013

Flight Operations at Los Angeles International Airport, August 20, 2013 I spent a day at Los Angeles International Airport photographing the airliners.

Air Traffic at Los Angeles Interntional Airport, January 19, 2015

Los Angeles Interntional Airport, January 19, 2015 I spent some time at Los Angeles Interntional Airport photographing airliners and frieghters on January 19. 2015. Airbus A380 operations are picking up. 777s are hauling the majority of international passengers. 747s are not as common as they used to be. Only one 787 showed up. I started the day shooting approaches to the north runways before moving to Imperial Hill to photograph operations on the south runways.

Air Traffic at Los Angeles Interntional Airport, May 3, 2016

Los Angeles Interntional Airport, May 3, 2016 I spent some time at Los Angeles Interntional Airport photographing airliners and frieghters on May 3, 2016. Airbus A380 operations are picking up. 777s are hauling the majority of international passengers. 747s are not as common as they used to be. Several 787s showed up. I started the day shooting operations on the south runways from Imperial Hill before moving to photograph the approaches to the north runways.


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