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Old Dec 10, 2007, 8:10 pm
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Originally Posted by FlyinHawaiian
Interesting.

25R is the longest of the runways at LAX at 12,091' and has been closed for a few months as they build a new center taxiway between 25L and R. 25L is the new runway that was moved out and made 200' wide earlier this year and is only 1,000' shorter; guess flight conditions (routing, load, weather) all were in alignment to make that needed.
Are you sure 25R has been closed for a few months?

I took off on it just a few weeks ago - LAX-HKG in fact.
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