Since I was a small child the official name of the airport was, "Los Angeles International Airport." But everybody, then as now, called the place "LAX." In one of the few recorded instances of bureaucratic intelligence, the powers that be in L.A. have now finally decided to change the signage on the freeways from "L.A. Airport" to "LAX Airport." At long last, the moniker "L.A. Airport" is extinct. The TV show "LAX" is about to become extinct, but that's another story.