KLAX Los Angeles International ATC simulator

Work Los Angeles Tower 133.9 and Ground 121.75 at Los Angeles International (KLAX), Los Angeles, California. The layout is digitized from the FAA airport diagram; airline traffic taxis, pushes, takes off and lands while AI pilots read back your clearances by voice.

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Runways at KLAX

Configurations you'll run in the simulator: West flow, East flow. Runway in use follows live METAR wind.

Taxiways you'll use

• A
• A1
• A2
• A3
• A4
• A5
• A6
• A7
• A8
• B
• B1
• B2
• B3
• B4
• B5
• B6
• B7
• B8
• B10
• B13
• B17
• C
• D
• E
• E6
• E7
• E8
• E10
• E12
• E15
• E16
• E17
• E19
• F
• H
• H1
• H2
• H4
• H5
• H6
• H7
• H8
• H9
• J1
• J2
• J3
• J4
• J5
• J6
• J7
• J8
• K
• P
• Q
• S
• SN
• SS
• T
• TN
• TS
• U
• UN
• US
• V
• VN
• VS
• W
• WN
• WS
• Y
• YN
• YS
• Z
• ZN
• ZS

Layout notes

Los Angeles International (KLAX), Class B airline hub, layout from the FAA airport diagram. Four parallel runways at 083/263 true. North complex: 6L/24R (outboard, north) and 6R/24L (inboard). South complex: 7L/25R (inboard) and 7R/25L (outboard, south). West flow (normal) lands 24R and 25L and departs 24L and 25R; east flow lands 6L and 7R and departs 6R and 7L. Arrivals on the outboard runways must cross the inboard runway to reach the terminals. North: connectors S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z run from 24R across 24L to taxiway E; aircraft exiting 24R hold short of 24L at the letter (e.g. "hold short runway 24L at V") — the exit point off 24R is labelled with an N suffix (VN) and the south side of 24L with an S suffix (VS). E6 (east) … E19 (west) connect taxiway E to 24L; departures for 24L hold at E6, for 6R at E19. Taxiway D runs along the north side of the terminals (Terminals 1–3, Tom Bradley International at the west end). South: taxiway C along the south side of the terminals (Terminals 4–8), taxiway B north of 25R with connectors B1 (east) … B17 (west); departures for 25R hold at B1, for 7L at B17. Center taxiway H between 25R and 25L: H# connectors hold short of 25R, J# connectors are the exits off 25L into H. Taxiway A south of 25L (A1 east … A8, Q west) serves the Imperial Cargo Center and the south FBO. Cross-field: K between Tom Bradley and the West Gates, F at the east end, P at the west remote pads. Departing airliners at gates call for pushback first ("push back approved, tail east"). Tower 133.9 north complex / 120.95 south complex, Ground 121.65 north / 121.75 south, Clearance 120.35, SoCal Departure 125.2. Heavy international traffic (A380, 777, 787) — wake turbulence matters.

Parking and ramps

53 parking positions across 12 ramps: Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Terminal 3, Terminal 4, Terminal 5, Terminal 6, Terminal 7, Terminal 8, Tom Bradley International, West Gates, Imperial Cargo, South FBO.

Frequencies in the simulator

What you practice here

• Taxi clearances with routes and hold-short instructions, and runway crossings.
• Pushback approvals, IFR clearances (PDC) and departure sequencing.
• Line up and wait, takeoff and landing clearances, and go-arounds.
• Readback correction: pilots sometimes get it wrong, and you have to catch it.

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Simulation for training and entertainment. Frequencies and layouts are approximate; always use current FAA publications for real operations.