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Los Angeles International Airport LAX is California's largest Airport. In January 2011 the new ARCC or 'Airport Response Coordination Center' was opened, enhancing the Airport's efficiency and crisis management capabilities, and improving services by streamlining management of all of the Airport's operations. This project is followed by the replacement of the Central Utility Plan.

LAX Airport is located 15 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, in southern California, and is accessible via State Hwy 1, and Interstate Hwys. 405 & 105. To check on Airport conditions you can tune in LAX Air Radio 530.

With four runways and an estimated 63.7 million passengersin 2012, Los Angeles International Airport is served by a multitude of domestic and international airlines offering flights across the U.S. and around the world, particularly long-haul flights to/from Asia, Australasia and Latin America. 

Hours of Operation:  While the Airport is open 24/7, airline check-in counters and security checkpoints open between 4am-5am and close 11:30pm-2:30am, Pacific time, depending on each terminal's flight schedules. Terminals have each separate opening and closing times:
T1 - 4am-11pm; T2 - 4:30am-2am; T3 - 4:15am-1am; T5 - 4am-1L30am; T6 - 4:30am-1:30am; T7 - 4am-midnight; TBIT South 6am-1am; TBIT North - 8am-1am. (the second time listing represents the following day).

On-Airport Hotels: Nearly 50 hotel/motels are located right on-Airport property - The Tom Bradley terminal offers free phone boards in the baggage area, connecting to hotels/motels, many of which offer free shuttle services located on the isles in front of each terminal, marked Red (color).

NOTICE: 1. To get to LAX it is strongly suggested that you take the low-cost FlyAway non-stop bus from Union Station, Van Nuys & Westwood; or t Metro Rail Green Line.
2. For passenger pickup, either park your car and enter the passenger terminal, or use the free Cll Phone Waiting Lot, located at 96th St. & Vicksburg Av. intersection - adjacent to Economy Lot C entrance.
3. As construction is going on until 2016, LAX posts construction alerts at lawa.org/laxdev/RoadAlerts.aspx & lla-next.com.  Constructon hotline is 310-6499-5292

The Central Terminal Complex at Los Angeles International Airport includes nine passenger terminals connected by a U-shaped two-level roadway -Terminals 1, 2 & 3 at right, and Terminals 4 through 8 at left, with Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at the end (and parking garages in the middle).   (For details, please refer to'Terminal Map' page.)

Parking Options at Los Angeles International Airport: (Please refer to  'Airport Parking'.)
 
Rental Cars at or near LAX Airport: An estimated 40 rental car agencies operate at LAX Airport with off-Airport vehicle rental sites; many of them provide phone links inside the Lower/Arrival Level area of the passenger terminals to request a shuttle pick up to the rental car sites.
Those which are permitted to make pick-ups/drop-offs directly from the terminals via courtesy shuttles are: Advantage, Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, Fox/Payless, National and Thrifty. Their shuttle pickup area is designated under the purple sign 'Rental Car Shuttles' on the Lower/Arrival level islands outside baggage claim.
If you choose one of the other rental car agencies, contact your choice directly by using the Ground Transportation Telephone Boards in the baggage claim areas of each terminal to arrange for pick-up. You can use the free LAX Shuttle Bus, located on the Arrivals level island under the 'LAX Shuttle' sign, to Lot C to reach the Off-Airport Rental Car Terminal and to meet your chosen rental car courtesy shuttle.
 
To get from Los Angeles International Airport to your destination, you have a choice of renting a car, taking a taxi, using a shared ride van, or taking the bus. Taxis can be found curbside on the Lower/Arrival Level islands in front of each terminal under the yellow taxi sign. You will get a ticket stating typical fares to major destinations. Only authorized taxis with an official LADT seal are permitted in the airport.  For information on city bus services pick up the phone on the Information Display Board in the baggage claim area of each terminal, or call the METRO at 323-466-3876.

1. Shuttles, scheduled buses & Long-Distance Vans & buses available on lower/ arrivals level islands in front of each terminal under the 'LAX Shuttle & Airline Connections' sign): (a) for Terminal to terminal connection, use the A Route;  (b) to get to the Metro Bus Center with connections to LA area, take the C Route;  (c) to Metro Green Line Aviation Station, take the G route.2. Two shared ride vans: Prime Time Shuttle and SuperShuttle, operate out of LAX and are authorized to serve all Southern California counties, and pick up passengers on the Lower/Arrival Level islands in front of each terminal under the orange sign Shared Ride Vans.
3. The LAX FlyAway bus connecting to Union Station in LA city - holders of a monthly Metrolink pass and an airline boarding pass can take this bus for free. Ticket vending machines are being installed 'throughout Southern California' - cash is accepted;  while Union Station & Van Nuys offer tickes online now. Green signs in front of each terminal show 'FlyAway Buses & Long Distance Vans' signs.
Other Bus Connections:
4. Culver City Bus - tel. 310-253-6510 (visit culvercity.org/Government/Transpotation/bus.aspx - click on their excellent Route Map)
5. Santa Monica Big Blue Bus - tel. weekdays 310-451-54444; sat TDD 310-395-6024 (visit bigbluebus.com)
6. Torrance Transit from Union Station - tel. 30-618/6266 /fax 6229 (visit torranceca.gov/92.htm.
7. Airport Bus to (a) Pasadena - 28 miles NE of LAX; to (b) Anaheim ( Disneyland), 32 miles SE of LAX; and to Buena Park, 28 miles SE of LAX.
8. Airport Bus of Bakersfield - to Bakersfield, a two hours' drive north of Los Angeles.
9. Antelope Valley Airport Express - to Newhall, Palmdale and Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, with Lancaster (the furthest location) about 75 miles north of LAX. 4. Metropolitan Express - to downtown L.A. and to Union Station, about 19 miles northeast of LAX.
10.  Santa Barbara Airbus - to Santa Barbara, plus nearby Goleta and Carpinteria. The drive to these areas (located northwest of LAX, along the sea coast) from the airport usually takes 1.5 to 2 hours.
11. Ventura County Airporter - to Ventura and Oxnard, on the sea coast about one hour to one hour and a half northwest of LAX.

Future Airport Developments:
1. The "Bradley West" project done in two phases involves the expansion part of the the Tom Bradley Terminal, with 18 new gates and a Great Hall for premier dining, shops & airline lounges - the first phase of which will be the West Side Gates & the Great Hall, scheduled for completion by mid-2013 . Phase II thereafter will include new East Side Gates, to be completed by Fall 2013.   
Terminals 1, 2, 4 & 5 are being upgraded.
2. Terminal 5's Phase I renovation will be ongoing until 2015, when it will have doubled its size. However, trendy new concessions will be added during 2013.
4.  The Los Angeles City Council has given a green light to a planned massive reconstruction of LAX, involving relocation of a runway, adding a light-rail station linked to the city's public transit system and to the terminals by an elevted people mover, as well as the eventual demolition of Terminals 1, 2 & 3.  No time frame has yet been announced.




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Los Angeles LAX Airport Update History

  • Updated LAX Airports page - May 15, 2013
  • Updated LAX Food & Stores page - May 15, 2013
  • Updated LAX Airport Intro page - May 14, 2013
  • Updated LAX Airlines Served page - May 3, 2013
  • Updated LAX Main Terminals page - Apr 10, 2013
  • Updated LAX Official Website Links page - Feb 18, 2013
  • Updated LAX Direct Flights page - Jan 25, 2013
  • Updated LAX Parking On site page - Nov 29, 2012