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Long Beach Airport is one of the five major airports serving the Los Angeles area. While a noise ordinance limits the number of commercial airline flights, the airport remains busy with a large amount of general aviation traffic. Test and delivery flights of Boeing 717 and C-17 aircraft occur at the airport. Gulfstream's west coast completion and service center is also located at the airport, providing a variety of business jet traffic. | Long Beach Airport is one of the five major airports serving the Los Angeles area. While a noise ordinance limits the number of commercial airline flights, the airport remains busy with a large amount of general aviation traffic. Test and delivery flights of Boeing 717 and C-17 aircraft occur at the airport. Gulfstream's west coast completion and service center is also located at the airport, providing a variety of business jet traffic. | ||
Runway 12/30 is the primary arrival and departure runway for most aircraft, including airline and Boeing flights. The other runways mainly handle general aviation flights, though may be used when 12/30 is unavailable. | |||
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The parking lot for the [http://www.devry.edu/locations/campuses/loc_longbeachcampus_map.jsp DeVry University Long Beach] is adjacent to runway 12/30. They generally don't have a problem with spotters or photography when classes are not in session. From this location, you should be able to photograph departures and arrivals on runway 30, though runway 12 arrivals may not roll all the way down to this location, and departures may be too high. | The parking lot for the [http://www.devry.edu/locations/campuses/loc_longbeachcampus_map.jsp DeVry University Long Beach] is adjacent to runway 12/30. They generally don't have a problem with spotters or photography when classes are not in session. From this location, you should be able to photograph departures and arrivals on runway 30, though runway 12 arrivals may not roll all the way down to this location, and departures may be too high. | ||
==Locations to Avoid== | ==Locations to Avoid== | ||