LAX — Los Angeles International Airport

Large airport in Los Angeles, United States.
IATA code
LAX
ICAO code
KLAX
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
71,768,035
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Nonstop routes
252
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−8 / UTC−7
America/Los_Angeles
Elevation
38 m
125 ft
Runways
4
Longest 3,930 m

Local time now: —

More codes: airport codes starting with L

About LAX

Los Angeles International Airport is a large airport serving Los Angeles, United States. It opened in 1928 and is run by Los Angeles World Airports. 71,768,035 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 252 nonstop routes from LAX.

Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from LAX

Route Distance Passengers / year
LAX → JFK3,983 km 3,020,062
LAX → SFO543 km 2,842,388
LAX → ORD2,808 km 2,332,419
LAX → HNL4,114 km 2,261,240
LAX → LAS380 km 2,208,696
LAX → DEN1,387 km 2,043,500
LAX → DFW1,987 km 1,914,491
LAX → SEA1,535 km 1,810,795
LAX → EWR3,950 km 1,791,699
LAX → ATL3,133 km 1,783,358
LAX → PHX596 km 1,572,062
LAX → IAH2,219 km 1,544,652
LAX → LHR8,781 km 1,410,748
LAX → BOS4,202 km 1,267,422
LAX → MCO3,569 km 1,168,553
LAX → HND8,831 km 1,162,677
LAX → SLC949 km 1,093,873
LAX → MIA3,769 km 1,061,103
LAX → GDL2,104 km 1,033,590
LAX → ICN9,646 km 1,003,522
LAX → PDX1,341 km 987,396
LAX → TPE10,942 km 940,571
LAX → CDG9,125 km 915,720
LAX → HKG11,683 km 910,783
LAX → MSP2,471 km 906,080
LAX → MEX2,499 km 878,655
LAX → AUS1,999 km 873,630
LAX → SMF600 km 872,875
LAX → IAD3,682 km 840,081
LAX → DTW3,185 km 793,602
LAX → PHL3,865 km 774,495
LAX → SJC496 km 767,258
LAX → NRT8,772 km 763,706
LAX → CLT3,420 km 755,365
LAX → SYD12,051 km 739,381
LAX → YVR1,739 km 737,226
LAX → OGG4,000 km 720,657
LAX → FLL3,770 km 662,103
LAX → BNA2,893 km 640,345
LAX → SAL3,733 km 629,587

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at LAX

  • OO SkyWest Airlines · 83,790 flights
  • DL Delta Air Lines · 79,976 flights
  • UA United Air Lines · 70,046 flights
  • AA American Airlines · 65,402 flights
  • WN Southwest Airlines · 50,709 flights
  • AS Alaska Airlines · 27,478 flights
  • B6 JetBlue Airways · 14,727 flights
  • F9 Frontier Airlines · 11,073 flights
  • QX Horizon Air · 8,316 flights
  • Y4 Concesionaria Vuela Compania De Aviacion SA de CV (Volaris) · 7,758 flights
  • NK Spirit Air Lines · 6,533 flights
  • AC Air Canada · 6,277 flights
  • WS Westjet · 3,545 flights
  • AM Aeromexico · 3,433 flights
  • AF Compagnie Natl Air France · 2,899 flights
  • VB Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V. · 2,559 flights
  • TA Taca International Airlines · 2,279 flights
  • NH All Nippon Airways · 2,189 flights
  • BR Eva Airways · 2,180 flights
  • JL Japan Air Lines · 2,116 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Punctuality

Departures on time
79.8%
Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled
0.9%
Departures counted
189,921
US domestic flights

US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
HHRJack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport7 km
LGBLong Beach International Airport28 km
BURHollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport29 km
SNAJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport58 km
ONTOntario International Airport75 km
SBDSan Bernardino International Airport109 km
CLDMcClellan-Palomar Airport138 km
SBASanta Barbara Municipal Airport142 km

Distance from LAX to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
LAX → LHR8,781 km 1,410,748
LAX → DXB13,420 km —
LAX → CDG9,125 km 915,720
LAX → FRA9,344 km —
LAX → IST11,025 km —
LAX → AMS8,977 km —
LAX → JFK3,983 km 3,020,062
LAX → ATL3,133 km 1,783,358
LAX → SIN14,114 km —
LAX → HND8,831 km 1,162,677
LAX → DOH13,367 km —
LAX → HKG11,683 km 910,783

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
7L/25R3,930 m 46 mConcrete
7R/25L3,382 m 61 mConcrete
6R/24L3,310 m 46 mConcrete
6L/24R2,721 m 46 mConcrete

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Los Angeles, California, United States · 33.9425, -118.4080

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Los Angeles International Airport has the IATA code LAX and the ICAO code KLAX. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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