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Los Angeles (LAX) delays and ground stop status
Los Angeles, CA · in Los Angeles Center (ZLA) airspace
There is no ground stop at LAX as of .
Los Angeles (LAX, ICAO KLAX) serves Los Angeles, CA and sits in Los Angeles Center (ZLA) airspace. Local time there is Wed, 11:40 PM PDT. In the last 90 days GroundStop.app recorded 4 ground stops at LAX, ranking tied #37 of 66 airports with ground stops (0.5% of 790 ground stops nationwide). A typical (median) ground stop there lasted 54 min, against 1 hr 23 min nationally. The most recent began on Oct 14 (Eastern time), citing equipment outage.
LAX history, forecast and airspace
About Los Angeles
LAX ground stop FAQ
- Is there a ground stop at Los Angeles (LAX) right now?
- No. As of Oct 15, 06:23 UTC there is no ground stop at LAX. This page updates every minute.
- How often does LAX have ground stops?
- GroundStop.app recorded 4 ground stops at LAX in the last 90 days, lasting 1 hr 7 min on average (longest 2 hr 10 min). That ranks tied #37 of 66 airports with ground stops.
- What causes ground stops at LAX?
- Recently the most common reasons at LAX were staffing, equipment outage, thunderstorms. Nationally, thunderstorms, low ceilings and visibility, wind, high traffic volume, equipment outages and runway issues are the usual causes.
- Which air traffic control center handles LAX?
- LAX is in the airspace of Los Angeles Center (ZLA), one of the US Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
- Is weather affecting LAX right now?
- There are no weather alerts for the LAX area. Current conditions are VFR (wind calm · vis 10+ mi · no ceiling).
- Which airports are near Los Angeles (LAX)?
- The closest airports with pages on GroundStop.app are Long Beach (LGB, 17 mi), Burbank Hollywood (BUR, 18 mi), Van Nuys (VNY, 19 mi) and Santa Ana/John Wayne (SNA, 36 mi). In the last 90 days BUR had 1 ground stop, VNY had 1 ground stop, SNA had 2 ground stops.
- What is the difference between a ground stop and a ground delay program?
- A ground stop halts departures to an airport entirely until it is lifted. A ground delay program lets flights depart but assigns them later departure times to meter arrivals.
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