LAX

Los Angeles International Airport
IATA: LAX ICAO: KLAX FAA LID: LAX WMO: 72295
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Los Angeles
Operator	Los Angeles World Airports
Serves	Greater Los Angeles Area
Location	Los Angeles, California
Hub for	Passenger airlines Alaska Airlines American Airlines Delta Air Lines United Airlines Virgin America Cargo airlines Atlas Air
Focus city for	Air New Zealand Allegiant Air Qantas Spirit Airlines Southwest Airlines Volaris
Elevation AMSL	128 ft / 39 m
Coordinates	33°56′33″N 118°24′29″W / 33.94250°N 118.40806°W / 33.94250; -118.40806Coordinates: 33°56′33″N 118°24′29″W / 33.94250°N 118.40806°W / 33.94250; -118.40806
Website	www.lawa.org
Maps
FAA airport diagram
LAX Show map of the Los Angeles metropolitan area LAX Show map of California LAX Show map of the US Location within the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6L/24R 8,926 2,721 Concrete 6R/24L 10,885 3,318 Concrete 7L/25R 12,091 3,685 Concrete 7R/25L 11,095 3,382 Concrete
Statistics
Passengers (2016) 80,921,527 Aircraft operations (2016) 697,138 Economic impact (2012) $14.9 billion Social impact (2012) 133.9 thousand
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Passengers (2016)	80,921,527
Aircraft operations (2016)	697,138
Economic impact (2012)	$14.9 billion
Social impact (2012)	133.9 thousand

Passenger airlines

Cargo airlines

Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX) is the largest and busiest airport in the Greater Los Angeles Area and the state of California, as well as one of the largest international airports in the United States. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX, with the letters pronounced individually. LAX is in the southwestern Los Angeles area along the Pacific Ocean between the neighborhood of Westchester to its immediate north and the city of El Segundo to its immediate south. It is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, an agency of the government of Los Angeles, formerly known as the Department of Airports.

In 2015, LAX handled 74,936,256 passengers, an increase of 6 percent from the previous year, making it the world's seventh busiest airport by passenger traffic. By comparison, in 1970 it was projected that passenger traffic would reach 40 million by 1985. The airport holds the claim for "the world's busiest origin and destination (O & D) airport," and has for many years. To wit, relative to other airports, many more travelers begin or end their trips in Los Angeles than use it as a connection. The airport also was the world's third busiest by aircraft movements. It is also the only airport to rank among the top five U.S. airports for both passenger and cargo traffic.

While LAX is the busiest airport in the Greater Los Angeles Area, other airports, including Bob Hope Airport, John Wayne Airport, Long Beach Airport, and Ontario International Airport, also serve the region. It is also notable for being one of the few U.S. airports with four parallel runways.

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