LAX

See also: lax

Translingual

Symbol

LAX

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Los Angeles International Airport, which serves Los Angeles, California, United States.

English

Proper noun

LAX

1. Los Angeles International Airport
   • 1975, John H. Reed, National Transportation Safety Board, Safety Information, page 30:

     I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.

   • 1994, Tom Clancy, Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 281:

     Fortunately, most of these were former French colonies, and through a combination of quiet diplomacy and well-placed French nationals in the various air-traffic-control centers, the 300-mile-long stream of American aircraft flew the width of Africa as uneventfully as a red-eye flight from LAX to JFK.

   • 1998, “JFK 2 LAX”, in Moment of Truth, performed by Gang Starr:

     Nothing happened, mind your business yo step / You know we connect, JFK 2 LAX

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