The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has completely restricted all helicopters, including police, fire, and emergency medical helicopters, from the airspace of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

According to the director of operations of Helinet and former helicopter pilot of the Los Angeles Police Department Angeles, Jorge Gonzalez, the FAA has begun denying all requests from helicopter pilots to enter, or even cross, LAX airspace. "The airport's controlled airspace has been restricted to all helicopter operations. Period. The reason for this is a mystery to me," Gonzalez said in an interview with ABC.