Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles International Airport
IATA: LAX ICAO: KLAX FAA LID: LAX
Summary
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 / 33.94250; -118.40806
Website	www.lawa.org/lax
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6L/24R 8,925 2,720 Concrete 6R/24L 10,285 3,135 Concrete 7L/25R 12,091 3,685 Concrete 7R/25L 11,096 3,382 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H3 63 19 Concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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.

1. ↑ FAA Airport Master Record for LAX (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved March 15, 2007
2. ↑ "Airport Information – Statistics". Los Angeles World Airports. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017.