Originally Posted by FlyinHawaiian

I had the fun experience of east departure from runway 6L the other night. In the 20+ years I've been flying in and out of LAX, I think this was only the second time I've done that.

Normal LAX operations have arrivals and departures using the west orientation of runways 24/25. During late night and early morning hours, arrivals will shift to eastward final approaches (over the ocean) for noise abatement considerations, normally using the north runways (6L/R) while depatures continue as normal using the south side. It's fun if you are inbound and sitting on the right side to see departing planes passing you.

p.s. I did find this five year old thread in TravelBuzz! on this topic: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...today-why.html