Los Angeles International

Los Angeles, CA USA (KLAX / LAX)

Every airport today has a unique three-letter identifier to streamline the process of tracking the millions of items of airport data transmitted daily, including flight plans and weather reports. Before the 1930s, existing airports used a two-letter abbreviation based on the weather station at the airports. So, at that time, LA served as the designation for Los Angeles International Airport. But, with the rapid growth in the aviation industry, the designations expanded to three letters, and LA became LAX, where X was a meaningless place holder, and not a tribute to the "X Files", the "Xbox" nor the mass marketing and consumption of drugs that begin with the letter X.

In fact, LAX should have been named LAC, which is fitting, considering Clay Lacy's contribution from to general aviation. The Los Angeles aviation scene in the 1960's was fertile breeding groud for pioneers like Clay Lacy, who operated the first Lear Jets in southern CA and whose tail #'s were made famous in many 60's and 70's major production movies.

Clay Lacy is one of the oldest and most reputable air charter companies based at KVNY with aircraft based throughout the West Coast and operations worldwide. Clay Lacy is also one of the few airborne platform airline photographers in the world, which operates dedicated Lear 24 aircraft that fly exclusively to photograph the world's airlines in flight. Clay Lacy offers charter, maintenance and FBO services in Van Nuys, San Francisco and Seattle.

This airport is sponsored by Clay Lacy, proudly serving California, the United States and Worldwide Aircraft Charter Solutions.

Nearby airports with air charter planes:
Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni (KHHR) Santa Monica Municipal Airport (KSMO) Compton Airport (KCPM) Zamperini Field (KTOA) Long Beach (KLGB) Burbank Glendale Pasadena (KBUR) Van Nuys (KVNY) City Of Industry/she (K7L4) Whiteman (KWHP) Los Alamitos Aaf (KSLI)