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Old 26th Aug 2012, 21:09
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AdamFrisch
 
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LAX runs 4 parallel rwy's in a class B (to the ground) airspace much smaller than London's TMA, so any airspace problem is purely in the minds of legislators and/or ATC. Not only that, ATC at LAX have to contend with GA traffic in the very same airspace (which is not the case in London), but right next to it and even right above the rwy's (the VFR Mini Route) - also not the case in London. My approaches into Hawthorne are side-by-side with big iron 747's on final to 25L - nobody breaks a sweat. And the missed approach on 25L (left turn) takes the big iron right into class D and eventually into uncontrolled airspace, something you'd never see in a million years in Europe.

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