Why is LA called LAX?

The X in LAX Before the 1930s, US airports used a two-letter abbreviation and at that time, LA served as the designation for Los Angeles Airport. With the rapid growth in the aviation industry, in 1947, the identifiers expanded to three letters and LA received an extra letter to become LAX.



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