KLAX Runway 06L/24R — Los Angeles International Airport
8,926 × 150 ft concrete · true headings 083° / 263° · field elevation 125 ft
Runway 06L/24R at Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) in Los Angeles, CA is 8,926 ft long and 150 ft wide, concrete, with true headings 083° and 263°. Over 2005–2025 the wind gave runway 06L the headwind 27.5% of the time and runway 24R 72.5%, with a crosswind above 15 kt in 0.1% of wind hours. KLAX publishes a digital ATIS, so this page shows the runway the tower is actually using right now and builds a record of how often each end is assigned.
Runway 06L/24R — current status
NO CLOSURE REPORTED- The tower's TFDM closure record lists no closure for this runway and the current D-ATIS names no closure, restriction or outage for it. No received NOTAM closes or restricts this runway, but the NOTAM stream has no complete initial load yet — verify NOTAMs before flight.
Sources: FAA runway record (OurAirports) · FAA NOTAMs · Tower TFDM configuration (FAA SWIM) · D-ATIS · Tower TFDM 0233Z (7:33 PM PDT) · D-ATIS 0153Z (6:53 PM PDT). Runway NOTAMs stream live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service (SWIM); the official text is shown verbatim below the card. Always confirm with a current briefing.
No received NOTAM currently names runway 06L/24R at KLAX. NOTAMs are received live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service through SWIM and recorded since Sep 19, 2026; a NOTAM issued before that and not re-issued since may be missing. Get a full briefing before flight.
Feet, touchdown / midpoint / rollout; 6000+ is the reportable maximum and "off" means the sensor is not reporting (runway not in use). Light settings 0 (off) to 5. Runway lights are on. Not an FAA product; verify with the current METAR and ATIS.
Current active runways at KLAX
As stated by the tower — its TFDM surface system and its D-ATIS broadcast. Not an estimate.
Airport rates: 148 arrivals / 280 departures per hour. In effect since 2026-09-18 1614Z (9:14 AM PDT).
A bare number (24, 25) means the broadcast did not say which parallel.
This D-ATIS configuration has been stated since 1713Z (10:13 AM PDT).
Show the D-ATIS text
LAX ATIS INFO P 0153Z. 24010KT 10SM FEW012 21/17 A2997 (TWO NINER NINER SEVEN) RMK AO2 SLP148 T02110167. INST APCHS AND RNAV RNP APCHS RY 24R AND 25L, OR VCTR FOR VISUAL APCH WILL BE PROVIDED, SIMUL VISUAL APCHS TO ALL RWYS ARE IN PROG, SIMUL INSTR DEPARTURES IN PROG RWYS 24 AND 25. CTC L A GC ON 121.75 FOR PUSH OR TAXI ON A. TWY B CLSD BTN TWY, C7 AND TWY C10 , , TWY B6 CLSD, TWY B7 CLSD. PAPI OTS 25R. HAZD WX INFO FOR LAX AREA AVBL FM FSS. USE CAUTION FOR HANG GLIDING 1 MILE SOUTH LOS ANGELES VOR. BIRD ACTIVITY VICINITY ARPT. USE CAUTION WHEN EXITING RY24R AT TWY V, W, AND Y, TO HOLD SHORT OF RY24L. MULTIPLE RUNWAY INCURSIONS HAVE OCCURRED. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO P.
Current wind on Runway 06L/24R
Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 10 kt
- Tailwind
- 10 kt
- Crosswind
- 2 ktfrom right
- Headwind
- 10 kt
- Crosswind
- 2 ktfrom left
Components use TRUE runway headings and TRUE METAR wind. “Favored by wind” is arithmetic, not an ATC assignment.
ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway
Which runway at KLAX is likely to be in use over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.
| Time | Likely runway | Confidence | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now0233Z · 7:33 PM PDT | 25L and 24Ractive · tower TFDM stated by the tower (TFDM) | stated | 250° at 10 kt |
| +1 h0333Z · 8:33 PM PDT | 25Rthen 24L | Low50% | 260° at 8 kt |
| +2 h0433Z · 9:33 PM PDT | 25Rthen 24L | Low47% | 260° at 8 kt |
| +3 h0533Z · 10:33 PM PDT | 25Rthen 24L | Low44% | 260° at 8 kt |
| +6 h0833Z · 1:33 AM PDT | 25Rthen 24L | Low35% | 260° at 8 kt |
| +12 h1433Z · 7:33 AM PDT | 24R calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind | Low55% | VRB at 3 kt |
ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway is an estimate from the TAF wind forecast and runway geometry (most headwind, crosswind penalised, tailwind over 5 kt avoided, longest runway breaks ties). It is not an ATC assignment and does not know about noise abatement, traffic flow or construction unless the D-ATIS states them. TAF issued 2323Z (4:23 PM PDT).
Counts the tower's surface system expects per runway over the next two hours — the tower's plan, not an ATIS Alerts estimate and not an ATC assignment. A runway with zero expected demand is not in the plan for that period. During a runway change the plan can lag the configuration above for a few minutes (flights already assigned to the old runways stay counted there until reassigned).
- APREQ → KSLC (6 programs) · since 09/19 0049Z · until further notice · by ZLC — approval request — departures need a release time
- APREQ → KSFO · since 09/19 0210Z · until further notice · by ZLA — approval request — departures need a release time
Restrictions on departures from KLAXtoward the named airports or fixes, as recorded by the tower's surface system; they change the departure flow, not the runway in use. Not an FAA product.
Runway 06L/24R overview
Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.
- Length
- 8,926 ft
- Width
- 150 ft
- Surface
- Concrete
- Runway lights
- Lighted
- Airport elevation
- 125 ft
- FAA record status
- Open
- True heading
- 083°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 072°
- FAA record
- Open
- True heading
- 263°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 252°
- FAA record
- Open
Runway 06L/24R numbers are magnetic; the stored geometry and every wind calculation on this page are TRUE north, so they never need a variation correction. Magnetic variation here is about 11.4°E (World Magnetic Model). Displaced thresholds, declared distances (TORA/TODA/ASDA/LDA), approach lighting, PAPI/VASI, ILS equipment and traffic-pattern direction are FAA NASR fields not yet loaded — they are omitted rather than guessed.
Recorded runway use at KLAX — last 30 days
How often the tower's TFDM configuration listed each end for arrivals and departures (the tower's own statement, via FAA SWIM).
ATIS Alerts records every change of KLAX's tower TFDM configuration and turns it into a log of which runways the facility named for arrivals and departures. Recording started Sep 18, 2026 — 10 hours captured so far. Usage statistics appear once 24 hours are on record, and become meaningful after a few weeks.
Historical wind and crosswind on runway 06L/24R
20-year hourly climatology from the ASOS archive, computed per runway end.
From 175,274 hourly observations at KLAX (2005–2025), 141,021 with a steady wind direction (19.5% calm, variable or direction-less). One observation per clock hour; TRUE headings against TRUE wind.
Crosswind on runway 06L/24R (either end)
| Crosswind (kt) | Share of wind hours |
|---|---|
| 0–5 | 92.5% |
| 5–10 | 6.5% |
| 10–15 | 0.9% |
| 15–20 | 0.1% |
| 20–25 | 0% |
| 25+ | 0% |
Strongest-crosswind month on average: Jan; calmest: Jul. Percentiles are streaming approximations (t-digest), accurate to about 0.1 kt.
Runway 06L
Runway 24R
“Wind-favored” counts the hours this end had the most headwind of every open runway at KLAX — wind arithmetic, not an ATC assignment (parallel runways with the same heading share the credit equally). Recorded D-ATIS use, where available, is the section above.
By wind direction
| Wind from | Share of wind hours | 06L favored | 24R favored | Mean crosswind | Crosswind > 15 kt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N 338–023° | 4% | 15% | 10% | 5.8 kt | 2.1% |
| NE 023–068° | 5% | 25% | 0% | 2.8 kt | 0% |
| E 068–113° | 13% | 25% | 0% | 1.1 kt | 0% |
| SE 113–158° | 6% | 25% | 0% | 3.9 kt | 0.2% |
| S 158–203° | 4% | 10% | 15% | 4.8 kt | 0.5% |
| SW 203–248° | 14% | 0% | 25% | 3.4 kt | 0% |
| W 248–293° | 51% | 0% | 25% | 1.3 kt | 0% |
| NW 293–338° | 4% | 0% | 25% | 4.6 kt | 0.9% |
By time of day (airport-local)
Seasonal runway conditions
| Month | Mean crosswind (kt) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 kt |
| Feb | 2.6 kt |
| Mar | 2.5 kt |
| Apr | 2.4 kt |
| May | 2.2 kt |
| Jun | 2.0 kt |
| Jul | 1.8 kt |
| Aug | 1.8 kt |
| Sep | 1.9 kt |
| Oct | 2.1 kt |
| Nov | 2.2 kt |
| Dec | 2.7 kt |
| Month | Prevailing | Mean wind | Gusty | Mean xw | xw > 10 | xw > 15 | xw > 20 | 06L tail > 5 | 24R tail > 5 | IFR | TS | Fog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | W | 5.1 kt | 3.7% | 2.7 kt | 2.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 30.8% | 11.1% | 5.8% | 0.06% | 10.2% |
| Feb | W | 6 kt | 4.8% | 2.6 kt | 2.3% | 0.3% | 0% | 41.9% | 9.1% | 7.4% | 0.02% | 10.9% |
| Mar | W | 6.8 kt | 5.2% | 2.5 kt | 1.6% | 0.2% | 0% | 51.9% | 6.7% | 7.8% | 0.04% | 9.4% |
| Apr | W | 7.2 kt | 5.6% | 2.4 kt | 1.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 59.4% | 3.7% | 6.6% | 0.01% | 6.4% |
| May | W | 7.1 kt | 4.1% | 2.2 kt | 0.2% | 0% | 0% | 62.4% | 2.6% | 7.1% | 0.03% | 5.5% |
| Jun | W | 6.8 kt | 2.4% | 2 kt | 0.2% | 0% | 0% | 62.2% | 2.1% | 14.2% | 0.01% | 9.6% |
| Jul | W | 6.8 kt | 1.7% | 1.8 kt | 0% | 0% | 0% | 64.9% | 1% | 12.7% | 0.02% | 7.5% |
| Aug | W | 6.6 kt | 1.4% | 1.8 kt | 0% | 0% | 0% | 63.1% | 1% | 9.8% | 0.01% | 7.3% |
| Sep | W | 6.2 kt | 1.3% | 1.9 kt | 0.1% | 0% | 0% | 58.1% | 2.1% | 9.5% | 0.03% | 8.5% |
| Oct | W | 5.7 kt | 1.9% | 2.1 kt | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0% | 51.2% | 4% | 7.9% | 0.07% | 9.9% |
| Nov | W | 5.2 kt | 2.3% | 2.2 kt | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0% | 39.6% | 6.7% | 8.3% | 0.04% | 11.3% |
| Dec | W | 5.1 kt | 4.2% | 2.7 kt | 2.6% | 0.3% | 0% | 30.3% | 10.5% | 7.3% | 0.03% | 11.4% |
IFR, thunderstorm (TS) and fog columns are airport-wide shares of hours; the crosswind and tailwind columns are specific to this runway. Prevailing = most common 45° wind sector among wind hours.
Runway 06L/24R closure history
Runway NOTAM history begins when the NOTAM feed goes live (next phase).
D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Sep 18, 2026 declared runway 06L closed on 0 days and runway 24R closed on 0 days in the last 30 days. Scheduled and unscheduled closure NOTAMs, with start and end times and the official text, will appear here once ATIS Alerts records runway NOTAMs; there is no retrievable archive, so history accrues from that date forward.
Instrument approaches to runway 06L/24R
From the FAA d-TPP, linked to the official plates.
Runway 06L
- ILSILS OR LOC RWY 06L ↗precision
- RNAV (GPS)RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 06L ↗
- RNAV (RNP)RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 06L ↗
Runway 24R
- ILSILS OR LOC RWY 24R ↗precision
- ILSILS RWY 24R (CAT II - III) ↗precision
- RNAV (GPS)RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 24R ↗
- RNAV (RNP)RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 24R ↗
40 departure procedures · 34 STARs · FAA hot spots page ↗ · FAA d-TPP cycle 2610. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.
Methodology and sources
Short version below; the full write-up is at Runway Intelligence methodology, and every launched airport is listed on the Runway Intelligence hub.
- Active runwayscome first from the tower's TFDM (Terminal Flight Data Manager) airport configuration, received as structured data through the FAA SWIM Cloud Distribution Service at towers that have it (KLAX does); otherwise from the airport's D-ATIS text (community relay of the FAA broadcast) with an open, tested parser, and the broadcast text is always shown. Every change is recorded, so “recorded use” is what the facility stated, never an inference. ATIS Alerts is not an FAA product and this is not FAA data; SWIM content is for non-operational use.
- Wind components use the current METAR (aviationweather.gov) against TRUE runway headings from the OurAirports/FAA runway record.
- Runway visual range, tower demand and traffic-management restrictions come from FAA SWIM: STDDS Airport Data (RVR and light settings, about 130 airports) and TFDM (15-minute runway demand, APREQ/MIT restrictions). Each block is stamped with its own time; none of it is an FAA product or a clearance.
- Predicted runway scores each open end from the TAF wind (headwind, crosswind penalty, tailwind avoidance, longest-runway tie-break); confidence falls with forecast distance, gusts and TAF age. It does not model noise abatement or flow programs.
- Climatology: Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS archive, one observation per hour, 45° wind sectors, percentiles via t-digest; runway geometry is today's record applied to all years. Methodology v1.
- Approaches: FAA d-TPP metafile, current charting cycle; plates link to aeronav.faa.gov. No minimums are reproduced.
- Data freshness: METAR and D-ATIS refresh every minute on this page; the D-ATIS recorder ran 3 min ago; the tower TFDM feed last delivered 0 min ago; climatology through 2025-12-31.
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