California Transportation
Los Angeles International Airport
LAX1 World Way
Los Angeles, California 90045
(310) 646-5252
lawa.org
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.— LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City's general fund.
- LAX is the sixth busiest airport in the world
- 3rd busiest airport in the United States
- 680 daily flights to 96 domestic cities
- 930 weekly nonstop flights
- 59 cities in 30 countries
- 63 commercial air carriers
- 14th in the world
- 5th in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed
- LAX serves nearly 63.7 million passenger in a single year!
- Processes over 1.9 million tons of air cargo ($86.9 billion value) annually
- 605,480 landings and takeoffs in 2012
- Generates 294,400 jobs