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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Los Angeles World Airports | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Los Angeles, California, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 126 ft / 38 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°56′33″N 118°24′29″W / 33.94250°N 118.40806°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.lawa.org/lax | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX) is the airport which serves Los Angeles, California, United States. It is often called LAX, its airport code. The letters are usually said by themselves. LAX is in southwestern Los Angeles in the neighborhood of Westchester, 16 mi (26 km) from the downtown core.
With 65,924,298 passengers[2] in 2022, LAX was the sixth busiest airport in the world and is served by direct flights to North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. The airport is a small hub for American Airlines and United Airlines and a focus city for Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Southwest Airlines.
Statistics
[change | change source]Yearly traffic
[change | change source]Year | Passenger volume | Aircraft movements | Freight (tons) | Mail (tons) |
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1994 | 51,050,275 | 689,888 | 1,516,567 | 186,878 |
1995 | 53,909,223 | 732,639 | 1,567,248 | 193,747 |
1996 | 57,974,559 | 763,866 | 1,696,663 | 194,091 |
1997 | 60,142,588 | 781,492 | 1,852,487 | 212,410 |
1998 | 61,215,712 | 773,569 | 1,787,400 | 264,473 |
1999 | 64,279,571 | 779,150 | 1,884,526 | 253,695 |
2000 | 67,303,182 | 783,433 | 2,002,614 | 246,538 |
2001 | 61,606,204 | 738,433 | 1,779,065 | 162,629 |
2002 | 56,223,843 | 645,424 | 1,869,932 | 92,422 |
2003 | 54,982,838 | 622,378 | 1,924,883 | 97,193 |
2004 | 60,704,568 | 655,097 | 2,022,911 | 92,402 |
2005 | 61,489,398 | 650,629 | 2,048,817 | 88,371 |
2006 | 61,041,066 | 656,842 | 2,022,687 | 80,395 |
2007 | 62,438,583 | 680,954 | 2,010,820 | 66,707 |
2008 | 59,815,646 | 622,506 | 1,723,038 | 73,505 |
2009 | 56,520,843 | 544,833 | 1,599,782 | 64,073 |
2010 | 59,069,409 | 575,835 | 1,852,791 | 74,034 |
2011 | 61,862,052 | 603,912 | 1,789,204 | 80,442 |
2012 | 63,688,121 | 605,480 | 1,867,155 | 88,438 |
2013 | 66,667,619 | 614,917 | 1,848,764 | 77,286 |
2014 | 70,662,212 | 636,706 | 1,921,302 | 79,850 |
2015 | 74,936,256 | 655,564 | 2,047,197 | 94,299 |
2016 | 80,921,527 | 697,138 | 2,105,941 | 99,394 |
2017 | 84,557,968 | 700,362 | 2,279,878 | 109,596 |
2018 | 87,534,384 | 707,833 | 2,338,642 | 109,694 |
2019 | 88,068,013 | 691,257 | 2,182,711 | 130,536 |
2020 | 28,779,527 | 379,364 | 2,329,348 | 135,498 |
2021 | 48,007,284 | 506,769 | 2,851,941 | 124,732 |
2022 | 65,924,298 | 556,913 | 2,632,536 | 122,034 |
Source: Los Angeles World Airports[3] |
Images
[change | change source]- Runway layout at LAX
- theme building
- Delta Boeing 757-200 at LAX in August 2003
- Hangar No. 1 was the first structure at LAX, built in 1929, restored in 1990 and remaining in active use.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ FAA Airport Master Record for LAX (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved March 15 2007
- ↑ "Airport Information – Statistics". Los Angeles World Airports. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Airport Information – Statistics". Los Angeles World Airports. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Aviation Facilities Company, Inc. :: Properties :: LAX". Afcoinc.com. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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