Los Angeles International Airport, code LAX is some 15 miles or 25 km
\n away from the city of LA. It can be contacted by phone on: +1 310 646
\n 5252. There are 8 terminals as follows:<\/p>\n
Terminal 1 is
\n for America West, Southwest and US Airways.<\/p>\n
Terminal 2 is
\n for Northwest flights plus Air Canada, Air New Zealand, ATA, Hawaiian,
\n KLM, Virgin Atlantic and others.<\/p>\n
Terminal 3 serves
\n Alaska, American, Frontier, Horizon and Midwest Express.<\/p>\n
Terminal 4 is
\n the American Airlines terminal.<\/p>\n
Terminal 5 is
\n for Aeromexico, American, Delta, Spirit, Vanguard and other airlines.<\/p>\n
Terminal 6 serves
\n Continental, Copa, National and some United Airlines flights.<\/p>\n
Terminal 7 is
\n the United Airlines terminal.<\/p>\n
Terminal B The
\n Tom Bradley International Terminal serves most non-US airlines.<\/p>\n
Back in the 1920s, today’s LA airport stands on the site of wheat
\n and barley fields and what was back then part of Southern California’s
\n wealthy ranching land. <\/p>\n
Although there was no federal money available for investment, LA’s
\n Chamber of Commerce promoted the idea of building a municipal airport
\n on the land even though flying was still a fledgling activity. In 1928
\n they chose Mines Field from a list of 27 possible sites, named after a
\n real estate agent called William W. Mines who represented the ranching
\n interests. For years, the people of LA refused to call their airport
\n anything else. The city leased 640 acres for ten years and aviation got
\n an immediate boost when America’s National Air Races brought the crowds
\n flocking to Mines Field to see pilots like the legendary Charles Lindbergh.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Municipal Airport was officially dedicated in 1930 when the
\n lease was extended to 50 years. The depression years were hard for LA
\n until the arrival of such as Douglas, Northrop and North American who
\n established the area as an aircraft manufacturing centre. After the Depression,
\n airlines increasingly came to LAX and to encourage further investment,
\n the city bought the lease and became full owners of the land. <\/p>\n
As a result of WW2, Southern California and the area around LA had become
\n the hub of America’s aircraft industry. The airport management had already
\n laid its post-war plans and in 1946, with all five major airlines installed,
\n commercial operations began. Five years later, as world routes were developed,
\n Los Angeles added ‘International’ to its title and in 1952 it made its
\n first profit. A new terminal was built, the forerunner of huge development
\n as the jet age arrived and the ten million passenger mark was reached
\n in 1965. Since then expansion projects have come thick and fast with
\n a $700 million improvement program, started in 1981, providing two new
\n terminals and a $3.5 million cargo centre. Hangar Number One, the first
\n building ever constructed at Los Angeles Airport in 1929, is still in
\n use and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. LAX has
\n never looked back!<\/p>\n