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Los Angeles International Airport

LAX · KLAX · Los Angeles, CA · United States

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Reference

IATA / ICAO
LAX · KLAX · FAA LID LAX
Country
United States
Hub tier
FAA Large hub
Coordinates
33.9425, -118.4081
Elevation
125 ft (38 m)
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
Owner / operator
Los Angeles World Airports (City of Los Angeles)
Opened
1928
Customs / international
Yes

Location

Map © Google. Click the marker for the airport's Google Maps page.

Traffic

Passengers (2023)
75.1M

Runways

Designator Length Surface
06L/24R 8,925 ft (2,720 m) Concrete
06R/24L 10,885 ft (3,318 m) Concrete
07L/25R 12,091 ft (3,685 m) Concrete
07R/25L 11,095 ft (3,382 m) Concrete

Carriers

Carrier Type Alliance Role Flights/day
American Airlines
AA · AAL
Mainline oneworld Hub ~210 /day
Delta Air Lines
DL · DAL
Mainline SkyTeam Hub ~190 /day
United Airlines
UA · UAL
Mainline Star Alliance Hub ~180 /day
Southwest Airlines
WN · SWA
LCC Unaligned Focus ~110 /day
Alaska Airlines
AS · ASA
Mainline oneworld Focus ~95 /day
JetBlue Airways
B6 · JBU
LCC Unaligned Operator
Spirit Airlines
NK · NKS
ULCC Unaligned Operator
Frontier Airlines
F9 · FFT
ULCC Unaligned Operator
Hawaiian Airlines
HA · HAL
Mainline oneworld Operator
Sun Country Airlines
SY · SCX
LCC Unaligned Operator
AeromΓ©xico
AM · AMX
Mainline SkyTeam Operator
Air Canada
AC · ACA
Mainline Star Alliance Operator
Air China
CA · CCA
Mainline Star Alliance Operator
Air France
AF · AFR
Mainline SkyTeam Operator
Air New Zealand
NZ · ANZ
Mainline Star Alliance Operator
All Nippon Airways
NH · ANA
Mainline Star Alliance Operator
British Airways
BA · BAW
Mainline oneworld Operator
Cathay Pacific
CX · CPA
Mainline oneworld Operator
China Airlines
CI · CAL
Mainline SkyTeam Operator
China Eastern
MU · CES
Mainline SkyTeam Operator
Emirates
EK · UAE
Mainline Unaligned Operator
EVA Air
BR · EVA
Mainline Star Alliance Operator
Fiji Airways
FJ · FJI
Mainline oneworld Operator
Iberia
IB · IBE
Mainline oneworld Operator
Japan Airlines
JL · JAL
Mainline oneworld Operator
KLM
KL · KLM
Mainline SkyTeam Operator
Korean Air
KE · KAL
Mainline SkyTeam Operator
LATAM
LA · LAN
Mainline Unaligned Operator
Lufthansa
LH · DLH
Mainline Star Alliance Operator
Philippine Airlines
PR · PAL
Mainline Unaligned Operator
Qantas
QF · QFA
Mainline oneworld Operator
Qatar Airways
QR · QTR
Mainline oneworld Operator
Saudia
SV · SVA
Mainline SkyTeam Operator
Singapore Airlines
SQ · SIA
Mainline Star Alliance Operator
Swiss
LX · SWR
Mainline Star Alliance Operator
Turkish Airlines
TK · THY
Mainline Star Alliance Operator
Volaris
Y4 · VOI
ULCC Unaligned Operator

Daily-flight figures are approximate, sourced from public airport / airline disclosures. Comprehensive per-carrier volume data lives in the US DOT BTS T-100 segment dataset and is a planned upgrade.

Live conditions

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History

Opened in 1928 as Mines Field and rebranded after the city took over operations in 1937. Underwent a major rebuild for the 1984 Olympics that introduced the iconic Theme Building and the curving terminal arrangement. The Tom Bradley International Terminal opened 1984; a second comprehensive modernization beginning in the 2010s added the Midfield Satellite Concourse and the Automated People Mover scheduled to connect the terminals to the Metro system.

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About this profile

Reference data (codes, coordinates, elevation, runways, owner, opening date) is curated from each airport's official authority page, the FAA's airport reference system for US airports, NAV CANADA and Transport Canada for Canadian airports, and AFAC and the operating concessionaire for Mexican airports. Latest passenger figures are CY 2023 totals where confidently sourced.

Live METAR and TAF are fetched from NOAA's Aviation Weather Center on each page load. NOTAMs (US airports) are fetched from the FAA NOTAM Search. If a source is unreachable when this page loads, the corresponding section displays an "unavailable" message rather than a blank or stale value.

This data is re-verified on a recurring monthly cadence aligned to the FAA's NASR 28-day cycle.