RADAR-SIMKLAX – Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles, United States · 33.943°N 118.408°W · elevation 125 ft
Control the traffic at Los Angeles International Airport in radar-sim, a free air traffic control simulator that runs in the browser: as tower you issue take-off and landing clearances on 06L/24R, 06R/24L, 07L/25R and 07R/25L, as approach you vector and sequence the arrivals onto the ILS. No download, no account.
Start as tower at KLAX ▶ · Start as approach at KLAX ▶ · choose traffic level and wind first
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | True heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06L/24R | 2,721 m (8,927 ft) | 46 m | concrete | 083° / 263° |
| 06R/24L | 3,310 m (10,860 ft) | 46 m | concrete | 083° / 263° |
| 07L/25R | 3,930 m (12,894 ft) | 46 m | concrete | 083° / 263° |
| 07R/25L | 3,382 m (11,096 ft) | 61 m | concrete | 083° / 263° |
The airport has 4 runways. The parallel runways 06L/24R, 06R/24L, 07L/25R and 07R/25L: 06L/24R – 06R/24L (214 m) and 07L/25R – 07R/25L (244 m) lie closer than 760 m and are worked as one runway, arrivals to both ends separated like on a single final; the other combinations are far enough apart (1035 m) for independent parallel approaches. The runways in use depend on the traffic level and the wind: one (the best headwind among the longest, here 07L/25R with 3,930 m) on low, two on medium, and on high every runway with a headwind component and at most 20 kt crosswind.
Airspace
The simulated control zone is a circle of 5 NM around the field with extensions along the instrument runways, up to 2,500 ft. In approach sessions arrivals check in over an entry fix and are vectored or sent direct to the initial approach fix of the runway in use; in tower sessions a virtual approach controller does this and hands them over established on the ILS inside 10 NM.
| Approach | Initial approach fix (bearing / distance from KLAX) |
|---|---|
| RWY 06L | NAEPA (265° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 06R | TOAVU (265° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 07L | UDMOZ (261° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 07R | UDITA (261° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 24L | ESMOP (081° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 24R | MUISO (080° / 12 NM) |
| RWY 25L | GIKUM (085° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 25R |
AREPO (084° / 13 NM) |
Entry fixes: GASPE (325° / 34 NM), IZLIZ (070° / 34 NM), LODIG (208° / 27 NM), OMOZI (012° / 32 NM), UMSAR (263° / 26 NM), VIAVU (129° / 30 NM).
Nearby airports
Controlled airports within 80 NM are drawn on the scope; departures leave towards their destination's direction.
KHHRJack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport – 4 NM, bearing 108°KLGBLong Beach International Airport – 15 NM, bearing 120°KBURHollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport – 16 NM, bearing 009°KVNYVan Nuys Airport – 17 NM, bearing 346°KSLILos Alamitos Army Air Field – 20 NM, bearing 117°KSNAJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport – 31 NM, bearing 121°KNTDPoint Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co) – 37 NM, bearing 287°KCMACamarillo Airport – 38 NM, bearing 295°
…and 11 more within 80 NM.
Other airports: all 20 airports in radar-sim · how to play and the command reference.