Lax airport what does the x stand for

Why do airports have random letters after them Each airport has a 3 letter IATA code. They aren't abbreviations. While some of the codes make sense I need help with these to. Yahoo's formatting messes this up, but if you cut-and-paste it into Word or Notepad, then use font Courier I am curious about the abbreviation of LAX airport.

What is LAX stand for? Thank you!!!! What does the X stand for in LAX the airport? All airports worldwide have three letter abbreviations. The "X" does not mean anything in What does ''LAX'' the los angelas airport stand for?

What does the ''X'' stand for?! LAX was built around the time when airports only had 2 letters. When it went to 3 the "X" was We guessed it might have been a symbol for the airport runway, however, we could never find the answer in research. I googled it and found a web page on the Orange County Register site. When Los Angeles International Airport was given a letter designator it was just LA then there was a switch to three letter designator and the Federal Government decided that X would be used when there was no letter neded.

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