Lairport

Lairport is the name given by larries to commemorate a flight that Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson shared in early February 2015. They hadn’t been seen travelling together since about 2012. They took a 14 hour flight from LA to Sydney, Australia.
==Events and Fandom Interpretation==
The One Direction OTRA Tour started on February 7, 2015, in Sydney, Australia. The members of One Direction were scattered across the globe but Harry and Louis were both in Los Angeles. The fandom was joking half-nervously about how no one was going to make it to Australia.
One February 4, 2015, Harry and Louis were seen arriving at LAX around the same time and people started wondering if they were traveling together for the first time in years. "Harry and Louis” started trending on Twitter. An update account in Switzerland was sent a picture of Harry and Louis picking up their luggage together on February 5. "Harry and Louis" trended on Twitter for 24 hours. 
Larries were all celebrating because it showed Harry and Louis didn't hate each other. Then they were papped separately outside of the airport. According to the "ripped shirt" theory, Harry's shirt was more ripped than when they entered the plane, leading larries to speculate that Harry and Louis had joined the mile high club (had sex on the plane). Larries also thought they looked suspiciously happy after deplaning., 5 February 2016. archive.is. Other larries have since pointed out that the shirt was in fact already ripped., 22 November 2022. Anti-larries didn't think they looked particularly happy in the photos. One commented,
A larrie reminisced in 2023:
===Mile High Club===
On November 11?, 2015, as the band was appearing on various talk shows to promote its fifth album, a fan who was present for the taping reported on twitter that Harry, Louis, and Liam admitted to joining the mile high club during a game of Never Have I Ever on The Jonathan Ross Show., Metro, 12 November 2015., Daily Mirror, 12 Nov 2015. The show didn't air until November 21, but fans on twitter spread the news immediately. Larries were very excited because they felt this revelation was evidence in favor of their Lairport plane sex theory.
Some twitter reactions:
*"larry is part of the mile high club 👀", 11 November 2015.
*"LARRY ARE IN THE MILE HIGH CLUB I'M HOLLERING", 11 November 2015.
*"People are making the mile high club about larry .", 11 November 2015.
*"LARRY ARE BOTH IN THE MILE HIGH CLUB ... HELLO REMEMBER WHEN THEY FLEW TOGETHER RECENTLY. THATS WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PLANE👬😏😏", 21 November 2015.
*"Larry literally confirmed the mile high club rumors I love my parents", 21 November 2015.
*"So Liam also yes to mile high club but obvs larries made it only about larry", 21 November 2015.
==Uptown Funk==
During the 14 hours of the flight Larries adopted Uptown Funk as a Larrie anthem. They listened to it a bunch and made gifs and memes. Some examples are:
 
 
 
 
 
 
On February 6, the day before the tour, Tumblr larrie buscandoelparaiso said, "Tell me they will cover UPTOWN FUNK" and the tags and notes in that post all say things like, "#*praying emoji*" "#LET THIS HAPPEN#I was going wild on uptown fun last night#and I had a thought for harry and louis#obviously#one direction#uptown funk#otra" and "#OH MY GOD COULD YOU IMAGIBE.", 6 February 2015. As of 10 May 2023, this tumblr post has 149 notes.
During the first OTRA show on February 7, 1D performed a cover of Uptown Funk., youtube video uploaded by aussiefaraday, 7 February 2015., youtube video uploaded by Hannah Edwards, 7 February 2015. One Direction members sang the song multiple times after that as well, 26 May 2015.. Larries thought this was no coincidence and was "basically confirming that they [Harry and Louis] see everything.", Jun 29, 2021.
For some fans to this day hearing Uptown Funk brings back memories as demonstrated by this anon to twopoppies blog on May 23, 2021:
==Larrie Theory Resources==
*Masterpost of Lairport by tellmethisisnotlove on tumblr.
*What is Lairport? by theystudyrainbows on tumblr.
*Fan Perspective of Events by dogsliampaynedoesntinstagram on tumblr.
*Lairport as a Fan Remembers it by denimbf on tumblr. 
*talking about Uptown Funk by Lornasaurusrex on tumblr
==Lairport in Fanworks==
On the Archive of Our Own, lairport has its own tag, Lairport 2015, but hasn't been used much (9 works as of May 2023). However, Harry/Louis is the most popular ship in the Airplane Sex tag, with 54 works as of May 2023.
==References==
Category:One Direction Fandom Glossary
Category:2015 Events