LAX
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX) is a large airport in Los Angeles, California, United States. It opened on 1 Oct 1928. It has 4 runways; the longest is 12,923 ft (3,939 m). It is operated by Los Angeles World Airports. In 2025 it handled 73.4 million passengers.
Timeline
8 events · 1928–199101 OCT 1928
OpenedLos Angeles International Airport opens.
1937
MilestoneCity of Los Angeles becomes the owner.
1941
RenamedRenamed Los Angeles Airport.
1949
RenamedRenamed Los Angeles International Airport.
13 JAN 1969
DisasterScandinavian Airlines System Flight 933.15 killed
18 JAN 1969
DisasterUnited Airlines Flight 266.38 killed
01 MAR 1978
DisasterContinental Airlines Flight 603.4 killed
01 FEB 1991
DisasterUSAir Flight 1493.35 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF07L/25R083° / 263° · LIT
LENGTH12,923 ft3,939 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
07R/25L083° / 263° · LIT
LENGTH11,095 ft3,382 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt
06R/24L083° / 263° · LIT
LENGTH10,885 ft3,318 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
06L/24R083° / 263° · LIT
LENGTH8,926 ft2,721 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–202570.7M
74.0M
80.3M
83.6M
86.4M
86.7M
28.3M
47.7M
65.4M
74.2M
76.5M
73.4M
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Routes
131 destinations · 34 countriesYear-round104
SBASanta Barbara Municipal AirportUnited States · United Express142 km88 miBFLMeadows FieldUnited States · United Express176 km109 miPSPPalm Springs International AirportUnited States · United Express176 km109 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection176 km109 miSBPSan Luis County Regional AirportUnited States · United Express250 km155 miIPLImperial County AirportUnited States · Southern Airways Express290 km180 miFATFresno Yosemite International AirportUnited States · United Express337 km209 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · American Airlines380 km236 miMCEMerced Regional Macready FieldUnited States · Contour Airlines418 km260 miMRYMonterey Regional AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection429 km267 miSJCMineta San Jose International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Alaska Airlines496 km308 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Alaska Airlines543 km337 miPRCPrescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love FieldUnited States · United Express556 km345 miSGUSt George Regional AirportUnited States · United Express561 km349 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection, American Airlines595 km370 miSMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection600 km373 miRNOReno Tahoe International AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection630 km391 miSTSCharles M. Schulz Sonoma County AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines643 km400 miTUSTucson International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection725 km450 miRDDRedding Municipal AirportUnited States · United Express807 km501 miACVCalifornia Redwood Coast-Humboldt County AirportUnited States · United Express930 km578 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · United Express949 km590 miMFRRogue Valley International-Medford AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,015 km631 miBOIBoise Air Terminal/Gowen FieldUnited States · Delta Connection, Alaska Airlines1,086 km675 miABQAlbuquerque International SunportUnited States · Delta Connection1,088 km676 miLTOLoreto International AirportMexico · Alaska Airlines1,115 km693 miRDMRoberts FieldUnited States · United Express, Alaska Airlines1,171 km728 miASEAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)United States · United Express, Delta Connection1,185 km736 miEUGEugene AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,205 km749 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,343 km835 miLAPManuel Márquez de León International AirportMexico · Alaska Airlines1,347 km837 miPSCTri Cities AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,371 km852 miSJDLos Cabos International AirportMexico · American Airlines, Alaska Airlines1,468 km912 miGEGSpokane International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Alaska Airlines1,523 km946 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,537 km955 miPAESeattle Paine Field International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,586 km985 miMZTGeneral Rafael Buelna International AirportMexico · Alaska Airlines1,684 km1,046 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada1,741 km1,082 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet1,943 km1,207 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,945 km1,209 miPVRPuerto Vallarta International AirportMexico · Alaska Airlines1,962 km1,219 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,983 km1,232 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Airlines1,995 km1,240 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Viva, Alaska Airlines2,106 km1,309 miZLOPlaya de Oro International AirportMexico · Alaska Airlines2,141 km1,330 miYEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · WestJet2,187 km1,359 miMCIKansas City International AirportUnited States · United Express2,190 km1,361 miZIHIxtapa-Zihuatanejo International AirportMexico · Alaska Airlines2,479 km1,540 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · American Airlines, Viva2,500 km1,553 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,557 km1,589 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,802 km1,741 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,886 km1,793 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,913 km1,810 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,126 km1,942 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,204 km1,991 miCLECleveland Hopkins International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,296 km2,048 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,413 km2,121 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,430 km2,131 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada3,494 km2,171 miBZEPhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBelize · Alaska Airlines3,503 km2,177 miGUALa Aurora International AirportGuatemala · Avianca El Salvador, Volaris Costa Rica, Alaska Airlines3,532 km2,195 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,562 km2,213 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,595 km2,234 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,674 km2,283 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Alaska Airlines3,711 km2,306 miSALEl Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y GaldámezEl Salvador · Avianca El Salvador3,734 km2,320 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways3,763 km2,338 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,763 km2,338 miANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines3,771 km2,343 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,856 km2,396 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines3,941 km2,449 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada3,973 km2,469 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, American Airlines3,974 km2,469 miOGGKahului International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines3,996 km2,483 miGCMOwen Roberts International AirportCayman Islands · Cayman Airways3,999 km2,485 miKOAEllison Onizuka Kona International Airport at KeāholeUnited States · American Airlines, Alaska Airlines4,026 km2,502 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines4,108 km2,553 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, American Airlines4,193 km2,605 miLIHLihue AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines4,203 km2,612 miLIRDaniel Oduber Quirós International AirportCosta Rica · Alaska Airlines4,230 km2,628 miSJOJuan Santamaría International AirportCosta Rica · Volaris Costa Rica, Alaska Airlines4,382 km2,723 miPPTFa'a'ā International AirportFrench Polynesia · Air France6,611 km4,108 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · LATAM Airlines Peru6,721 km4,176 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus8,318 km5,169 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · ZIPAIR Tokyo8,753 km5,439 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · American Airlines, British Airways8,760 km5,443 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · American Airlines8,812 km5,476 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM8,956 km5,565 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair9,013 km5,600 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France9,103 km5,656 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc9,620 km5,978 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Air Premia, Asiana Airlines9,625 km5,981 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines9,658 km6,001 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Brasil9,919 km6,163 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways10,203 km6,340 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines10,415 km6,472 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Starlux Airlines, EVA Air10,922 km6,787 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines11,002 km6,836 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways11,533 km7,166 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines11,573 km7,191 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Philippine Airlines11,740 km7,295 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · American Airlines, Qantas Airways12,061 km7,494 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.12,167 km7,560 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways12,758 km7,927 miSeasonal18
MTJMontrose Regional AirportUnited States · United Express1,070 km665 miSUNFriedman Memorial AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection1,121 km697 miEGEEagle County Regional AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection1,202 km747 miHDNYampa Valley AirportUnited States · United Express1,227 km762 miJACJackson Hole AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection1,262 km784 miBZNBozeman Yellowstone International AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection1,453 km903 miFCAGlacier Park International AirportUnited States · United Express1,634 km1,015 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · American Airlines1,741 km1,082 miPVRPuerto Vallarta International AirportMexico · American Airlines1,962 km1,219 miMTYMonterrey International AirportMexico · Viva1,980 km1,230 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · American Airlines3,407 km2,117 miBUFBuffalo Niagara International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways3,561 km2,213 miDJTPresident Donald J. Trump International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways3,743 km2,326 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways3,941 km2,449 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines4,108 km2,553 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · French Bee9,114 km5,663 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst9,322 km5,792 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · American Airlines10,487 km6,516 miCargo38
SJCMineta San Jose International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation496 km308 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · Air Incheon, Korean Air, DHL Aviation543 km337 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation595 km370 miRNOReno Tahoe International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation630 km391 miTUSTucson International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation725 km450 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Cathay Pacific, DHL Aviation1,343 km835 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation1,537 km955 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · DHL Aviation1,741 km1,082 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · DHL Aviation1,943 km1,207 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Cathay Pacific1,983 km1,232 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · DHL Aviation, Atlas Air2,106 km1,309 miNLUFelipe Ángeles International AirportMexico · Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific, DHL Aviation2,481 km1,542 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Qatar Airways, Korean Air, Atlas Air2,802 km1,741 miHUXBahías de Huatulco International AirportMexico · DHL Aviation2,999 km1,863 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation, Amazon Air, Atlas Air3,051 km1,896 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Atlas Air3,763 km2,338 miANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · Air Incheon, Korean Air, Cathay Pacific +23,771 km2,343 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Atlas Air3,974 km2,469 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation, Atlas Air4,108 km2,553 miSJOJuan Santamaría International AirportCosta Rica · DHL Aviation4,382 km2,723 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · Korean Air6,721 km4,176 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · DHL Aviation8,616 km5,354 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Korean Air, DHL Aviation, Atlas Air8,753 km5,439 miOSTOstend-Bruges International AirportBelgium · Qatar Airways8,950 km5,561 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Qatar Airways8,956 km5,565 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Qatar Airways9,053 km5,625 miLGGLiège AirportBelgium · Qatar Airways9,122 km5,668 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Qatar Airways9,241 km5,742 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · AeroLogic9,322 km5,792 miLEJLeipzig/Halle AirportGermany · DHL Aviation, Atlas Air9,372 km5,823 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Air Incheon, Korean Air, DHL Aviation +19,625 km5,981 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Atlas Air10,415 km6,472 miCGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · Awesome Cargo10,658 km6,623 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Atlas Air10,922 km6,787 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Cathay Pacific, DHL Aviation, Atlas Air11,664 km7,248 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · DHL Aviation12,061 km7,494 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways13,347 km8,293 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · DHL Aviation14,102 km8,763 miMost destinationsAmerican Airlines 36Alaska Airlines 29United Express 26DHL Aviation 23Delta Connection 15Atlas Air 13
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LAX. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Los Angeles International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
11 channelsAPPSOCAL APP124.300
APPSOCAL APP36.070
ATISATIS133.800
CLDCLNC DEL121.400
DEPSOCAL DEP124.300
GNDGND121.650
MISCCG34.500
MISCCG898.400
OPSAF37.220
TWRTWR119.800
UNICUNICOM122.950