This is a mock-up of a revised LAX terminals section, based on the LAX page as of 2008 April 4 09:13 MST, updated to include changes made up to 2008 April 10 10:31 PDT.
Terminals
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LAX has nine passenger terminals arranged in a "U," also called a "horseshoe."[1] The terminals are served by a shuttle bus.
In addition to these terminals, there are 2 million square feet (186,000 m²) of cargo facilities at LAX, and a heliport operated by Bravo Aviation. Continental Airlines[citation needed] and Qantas[2] each have maintenance facilities at LAX although neither carrier operates a hub there.
- Terminal 1 has 15 gates: 1-3, 4A-4B, 5-14. It was built in 1984 and is the largest of all the terminals in number of gates. Southwest Airlines, US Airways, and US Airways Express operate out of Terminal 1.
- Terminal 2 has 11 gates: 21-21B, 22-22B, 23, 24-24B, 25-28. Terminal 2 was built in 1962, and rebuilt in 1984. Terminal 2 serves as the airport's secondary international terminal after the Tom Bradley International Terminal. Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, Air China, Air France, Air Mobility Command, Air New Zealand, Avianca, Hawaiian Airlines, KLM, Northwest Airlines, TACA, Lasca, Virgin Atlantic, and WestJet operate out of Terminal 2. International arrivals for Frontier Airlines arrive here, but some TACA and Lasca arrivals are processed at the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
- Terminal 3 has 13 gates: 30, 31A, 31B, 32, 33A, 33B, 34-36, 37A, 37B, 38, 39. Terminal 3 opened in 1961. It formerly housed some American Airlines flights after acquiring Reno Air and TWA in 1999 and 2001, respectively, then moved all American flights to Terminal 4. AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, Frontier Airlines, Midwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, and Sun Country Airlines operate out of Terminal 3. International arrivals from airports without United States border preclearance are processed by customs and immigration facilities in Terminal 2 (Frontier) and the Tom Bradley International Terminal (Alaska).
- Terminal 4 has 14 gates: 40, 41, 42A, 42B, 43, 44 (bus to American Eagle satellite terminal), 45, 46A, 46B, 47A, 47B, 48A, 48B, 49B. Terminal 4 was built in 1961 and in 2001 was renovated at a cost of $400 million in order to improve the appearance and ergonomics of the terminal. American Airlines, and some Qantas flights operate out of Terminal 4, and American Eagle commuter flights operate from a remote terminal 0.3 mi (500 m) west of Terminal 4. "Gate 44" serves as the shuttle bus stop at Terminal 4. The Eagle terminal is also connected by shuttle buses to Terminals 2 (Gate 22A), 3 (Gate 35), 5, and 6, because of Eagle's codesharing with Northwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Alaska Air, Delta Airlines, and Continental Airlines respectively.
- Terminal 5 has 13 gates: 50B, 51A-51B, 52A-52B, 53A-53B, 54A-54B, 55A-55B, 56, 57A-57B, 58A-58B. Delta Air Lines has used this terminal since its opening in 1962, and then its reopening in 1987.[citation needed] Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect and Air Jamaica also operate here.
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- Terminal 6 has 14 gates: 60, 61, 62-62A, 63-66, 67A-67B, 68A-68B, 69A-69B. This terminal has changed little from its opening in 1961; in 1979, new gates were expanded from the main building, as is obvious from the rotunda at the end. Four of these gates have two jetways to accommodate large aircraft. Continental Airlines, Copa Airlines, Jet Blue Airways, and Virgin America operate here. Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have some gates in this terminal.
- Terminal 7 has 11 gates: 70A-70B, 71A-71B, 72-74, 75A-75B, 76, 77. This terminal opened in 1962. Five of these gates have two jetways to accommodate large aircraft. The hub operations of United Airlines and Ted are in Terminal 7.
- Terminal 8 has 9 gates (80-88) which are used by United Express. This terminal was added for smaller jets and turboprops in 1988 and formerly served Shuttle by United flights. In 2002, United Airlines decided to move all non-United Express flights out of Terminal 8 to Terminals 6 and 7.
Tom Bradley International Terminal
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The Tom Bradley International Terminal has 12 gates, including six on the north concourse and six on the south concourse. In addition, there are nine satellite gates for international flights located on the west side of LAX. Passengers are ferried to the west side gates by bus.
This terminal opened for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games and is named in honor of Tom Bradley, the first African-American and longest serving (20 years) mayor of Los Angeles, and champion of LAX. The terminal is located at the west end of the passenger terminal area between Terminals 3 and 4. There are 34 airlines that serve the Tom Bradley International Terminal and the terminal handles 10 million passengers per year.
The terminal is currently undergoing major renovations to undergo a facelift (to compete with San Francisco International Airport's flagship international terminal), though no new gates will be added. The renovations are expected to be completed by 2009-2010. Also, a new ten-gate concourse will be added to replace a west-side remote gate area and will be completed in 2012.
Most, but not all, foreign carriers that serve LAX operate out of the Tom Bradley International Terminal: Aer Lingus, Aeroflot, Air India, Air Pacific, Air Tahiti Nui, Alitalia, All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, El Al, Emirates, EVA Air, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, LAN Airlines and LAN Peru, LTU International, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Mexicana (lower level check-in), Philippine Airlines, some Qantas flights, Singapore Airlines, Swiss International Airlines, and Thai Airways International.
Airlines and destinations
editLAX handles more "origin and destination" (i.e. not connecting) passengers than any other airport in the world.[citation needed] It is the world's fifth-busiest airport by passenger traffic[3] and eleventh-busiest by cargo traffic,[4] serving over 60 million passengers and more than two million tons of freight in 2006. It is the busiest airport in the state of California, and the third-busiest airport by passenger traffic in the United States based on final 2006 statistics.[5] In terms of international passengers, LAX is the second-busiest in the U.S. (behind only JFK International Airport in New York City),[6] and 26th worldwide.[citation needed]
LAX serves 87 domestic and 69 international destinations in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Its most prominent airlines are United Airlines (19.4% of passenger traffic, combined with United Express traffic), American Airlines (15.1%) and Southwest Airlines (12.4%). Other airlines with a presence on a lesser scale include Delta Airlines (7.7%), Alaska Airlines (4.7%), and Continental Airlines (3.8%).[7]
United Airlines/United Express operates the most departures from the airport per day (225), followed by American Airlines/ American Eagle (126), Southwest Airlines (105), and Delta Airlines/ Delta Connection (85).[7]
United Airlines operates to the most destinations (67), followed by Delta Air Lines (46), and then American Airlines (36). United Airlines operates the most international trans-Pacific destinations (5). Lufthansa, Air France, and United each serve two destinations in Europe for the most there, and Delta has the most destinations in Latin America (17).[7]
- Aer Lingus (Dublin)
- Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
- Aeroméxico (Aguascalientes, Guadalajara, León, Mexico City)
- Aeroméxico Connect (Culiacán, Hermosillo, Monterrey, Puerto Peñasco)
- Air Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver)
- Air Canada Jazz (Edmonton)
- Air China (Beijing)
- Air France (London-Heathrow, Papeete, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Air India (Chennai, Delhi, Frankfurt, Mumbai)
- Air Jamaica (Montego Bay)
- Air Mobility Command
- Air New Zealand (Apia, Auckland, London-Heathrow, Nadi, Nuku'alofa (Tonga), Rarotonga)
- Air Pacific (Nadi)
- Air Tahiti Nui (Papeete, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- AirTran Airways (Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington [begins May 6], Indianapolis [seasonal], Milwaukee [seasonal; begins May 6])
- Alaska Airlines (Anchorage, Cancún, Guadalajara, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, La Paz, Loreto, Manzanillo, Mazatlán, Mexico City, Portland (OR), Puerto Vallarta, San Francisco, San José del Cabo, Seattle/Tacoma, Vancouver, Washington-Reagan)
- Horizon Air (Boise, Eugene, Eureka/Arcata, Flagstaff [begins June 23], Loreto, Medford, Portland (OR), Prescott [begins September 7], Redding, Redmond/Bend, Reno/Tahoe, Santa Rosa, Spokane, Sun Valley)
- Alitalia (Rome-Fiumicino) [begins June 1]
- All Nippon Airways (Tokyo-Narita)
- American Airlines (Austin, Boston, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Honolulu, Kahului, Kona, Las Vegas, Lihue, London-Heathrow, Miami, Nashville, New York-JFK, Newark, Orlando, San Antonio, San Francisco, San José (CR) [seasonal], San José del Cabo, San Juan (PR), San Salvador, St. Louis, Tokyo-Narita, Toronto-Pearson, Vail/Eagle [seasonal], Washington-Dulles)
- American Eagle (Fayetteville (AR), Fresno, Las Vegas, Monterey, San Diego, San Jose (CA), San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara)
- Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
- Avianca (Bogotá)
- British Airways (London-Heathrow)
- Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
- China Airlines (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
- China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
- China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou)
- Continental Airlines (Cleveland, Honolulu, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
- Copa Airlines (Panama City)
- Delta Air Lines (Acapulco [seasonal], Anchorage [seasonal], Atlanta, Boston, Cancún, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Columbus (OH) [begins June 5], Guadalajara, Guatemala City, Hartford/Springfield, Honolulu, Kahului, Kona [begins June 5], Liberia (CR), Lihue [begins June 5], Managua [seasonal], New Orleans, New York-JFK, Orlando, Puerto Vallarta, Salt Lake City, Tampa)
- Delta Connection operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Boise, Culiacán, Denver, Eugene, La Paz (MX), Las Vegas, Los Mochis, León, Loreto, Mazatlán, Manzanillo, Oakland, Phoenix, Portland (OR), Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane, Torreón, Tucson, Zacatecas)
- Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
- El Al (Tel Aviv)
- Emirates (Dubai) [begins September 1][8]
- EVA Air (Osaka-Kansai, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
- Frontier Airlines (Cabo San Lucas [ends April 13], Denver)
- Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu)
- Japan Airlines (Tokyo-Narita)
- JetBlue Airways (Boston, New York-JFK) [begins May 21][9]
- Korean Air (Sao Paulo-Guarulhos [begins June 2], Seoul-Incheon, Tokyo-Narita)
- KLM (Amsterdam)
- LAN Airlines (Lima, Santiago de Chile)
- LAN Peru (Lima, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
- LTU International (Düsseldorf)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)
- Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
- Mexicana [lower level check-in] (Cancún, Culiacán, Guadalajara, León, Mazatlán, Mexico City, Monterrey, Morelia, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo, Zacatecas)
- Midwest Airlines (Kansas City, Milwaukee)
- Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Honolulu, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Manila [begins June 1], Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Tokyo-Narita)
- Philippine Airlines (Manila)
- Qantas (Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney)
- Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong) [begins 2009]
- Singapore Airlines (Singapore, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan [ends 1 October], Tokyo-Narita)
- Southwest Airlines (Albuquerque, Austin, Chicago-Midway, Denver [begins May 10], El Paso, Houston-Hobby, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville, Oakland, Phoenix, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), St. Louis, Tucson)
- Spirit Airlines (Detroit, Fort Lauderdale)
- Sun Country Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- Swiss International Air Lines (Zürich)
- TACA (Guatemala City, San Salvador, Managua [seasonal])
- Lacsa (San José (CR))
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
- United Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Cancún [seasonal], Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Frankfurt, Guatemala City, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jackson Hole, Kahului, Kona, Lihue, London-Heathrow, Melbourne, Mexico City, New Orleans, New York-JFK, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portland (OR), Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney, Tokyo-Narita, Washington-Dulles)
- Ted operated by United Airlines (Cancún, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Las Vegas, New Orleans)
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Albuquerque, Aspen [seasonal], Austin, Bakersfield, Boise, Carlsbad, Colorado Springs, Dallas/Fort Worth, Des Moines, Fresno, Imperial, Inyokern, Modesto [ends June 28], Monterey, Montrose [seasonal], Oakland, Oklahoma City, Oxnard, Palm Springs, Phoenix, Portland, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Jose (CA), San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Seattle/Tacoma, St. George, Tucson, Tulsa [begins June 5], Vancouver, Wichita, Yuma)
- US Airways (Charlotte, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh)
- US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Las Vegas)
- Virgin America (New York-JFK, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, Washington-Dulles)
- Virgin Atlantic (London-Heathrow)
- V Australia (Sydney*) [begins December 15][10]
- WestJet (Calgary, Toronto-Pearson)
* indicates government approval is still pending
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