I've have noticed that also with few exceptions from time to time for whatever reason. It would be interesting to speak with an LAX/SoCal ATC specialist to get the lowdown. Walter DCA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Greenwood" <mgreenwood@telus.net> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 00:59 Subject: Re: Lax south runways can they handle a 747? > I believe the choice of runway for departure and arrival is determined by the > origin/destination of the aircraft. Every time I have flown to the South > Pacific ex LAX we have always departed from and arrived back on the south > runways. Flight to Asia and Europe have always arrived and departed on the > north runways. > > Mark > > W Wilson wrote: > > > Absolutely....7R/25L is actually longer than the other parallel on the > > southside at 11,096 feet. (the inner south runway 7L/25R is 12,091 feet). > > Your concern is notable however. It's more based on procedure at airports > > with two sets of parallels on each side of the airport. Normal ops include > > allowing aircraft to depart on the inner parallels while landing (usually) > > on the outer parallels allowing greater separation on approach. So for > > whatever reason..."they" decided to depart from 25L. It could also be to > > expedite the departure of traffic behing the KAL 747, so they moved it on > > over to the other side to make room, amongst a couple more operational > > considerations. > > > > Many a UA 747 and 747s off the Bradley Terminal use the inner parallel > > runway of the south complex of LAX 7L/25R. Actually, the north runway > > complex has the shortest of the runway complexes at LAX. 6L/24R is 8925 > > feet. 6R/24L, where many a 747 departs, is 10,285 feet. > > > > So to answer your Q...yep...they can handle 747s. > > > > Walter > > DCA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Panitz" <mpanitz@juno.com> > > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > > > > > Today I was passing (on Avation Blvd)near lax) > > > where you go right past the south runways at > > > Lax. I saw a KAL 747 waiting for its turn to take > > > off on the south runway, I was surprise to see a 747 > > > on that side cause dont they usually use the north runways at > > > Lax for 747s? this was around 11:30am Sunday Morning > > > >