The rating drew rebuttals from the Los Angeles Department of Airports, the Federal Aviation Administration, general-aviation interest groups and pilot groups, who all said that LAX is no more dangerous than any other airport in the United States. “Light aircraft are difficult to see and often do not show up on air traffic-control radar.” “Any airport that mixes light aircraft and commercial jet aircraft is less safe in direct proportion to the number of light aircraft using the facility,” one pilot wrote. The nation’s second-busiest behind Atlanta, O’Hare received criticism for the heavy air traffic, but it also received praise for its controllers’ ability to deal well with the combined pressures of heavy traffic and winter storms.Īlthough the pilots said it was a tricky task to rate one airport against another, more than a third of the respondents said LAX is an undesirable place to fly into because of the heavy air traffic over the Los Angeles Basin. Chicago’s O’Hare, rated one of the worst, was also rated one of the best in the newspaper survey.
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