[Ladypixel]

No current info that I've heard, but with the Simi Valley fire coming down into northwestern LA county, I have a feeling that the smoke situation isn't going to change by tomorrow afternoon. It might, but I doubt it at the moment.

Then again, these fires have been changing so quickly that it's hard to tell. Yesterday at this time, I was absolutely, positively certain that I would be evacuated by tonight - and yet here I am, still at home, the western end of the Grand Prix fire near me mostly out. :)

Best thing to do would be to call one of the fire information numbers and see if there's any contact information for the airport folks. The two numbers which would likely be most prevalent from my list of a few posts back, I'll put at the end of this post.

Are you in SoCal, or are you shipping to SoCal? If you're shipping to SoCal, they may be able to land a plane in the high desert and then bring the fish around via some form of vehicle. If you're shipping from SoCal, Palmdale airport is the most local open airport that I'm aware of.

Here's those info numbers:

Public Information Hotline Number (USE THIS NUMBER FOR DIRECT FIRE INFO!): (909) 383-5688
Val Verde: (213) 247-7686

[pops88]

Thanks for the info. I'm in New Zealand and the cargo goes via Air New Zealand, a connecting flight. Sadly, 0800 numbers aren't free from here. My hubby called Wellington's ATC and they said the Air NZ flights hadn't been diverted so far, that 2 runways are still open at LAX. Of course that doesn't mean tomorrow's flight won't be divereted at a few hundred miles out. It's helpful to know from someone closer to the situation what things are looking like.