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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.

New Zealand? You're definitely a ways away, aren't you? :)

I'd say that they'd probably allow it to land, if two runways are open currently at LAX. They have had a few sporadic flights during the day depending on whether the smoke is cleared enough to land/take off, but it hasn't been constant in the slightest bit.

They might temporarily divert the flight to Palmdale airport, which is considerably northeast of Los Angeles, or possibly to Ontario (if the smoke has cleared up), which is within reasonable driving distance of Los Angeles. However, chances are that as soon as they possibly could, they'd take it back up and fly the rest of the way to LAX.