page_title: Transportation in Los Angeles
section_title: Air transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Transportation in Los Angeles / Intercity / Air transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: LAX. The light towers, first installed in preparation for the Democratic National Convention in 2000, change colors throughout the night.
context_page_description: Los Angeles has a complex multimodal transportation infrastructure, which serves as a regional, national and international hub for passenger and freight traffic. The system includes the United States' largest port complex; an extensive freight and passenger rail infrastructure, including light rail lines and rapid transit lines; numerous airports and bus lines; vehicle for hire companies; and an extensive freeway and road system. People in Los Angeles rely on cars as the dominant mode of transportation, but since 1990 Los Angeles Metro Rail has built over one hundred miles of light and heavy rail serving more and more parts of Los Angeles.
context_section_description: In the Los Angeles metropolitan area, there are five commercial airports and many more general-aviation airports.
  The primary Los Angeles airport is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The seventh busiest commercial airport in the world and the third busiest in the United States, LAX handled 61.9 million passengers, 1.884 million metric tons (2.077 million short tons; 1.854 million long tons) of cargo and 680,954 aircraft movements in 2007.
  Other major nearby commercial airports include: LA/Ontario International Airport (serves the Inland Empire); Bob Hope Airport (formerly known as Burbank Airport; serves the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys); Long Beach Airport (serves the Long Beach/Harbor area); and John Wayne Airport (serves the Orange County area).
  The world's busiest general-aviation airport is also located in Los Angeles, Van Nuys Airport. Santa Monica Airport is also located near Los Angeles.
caption: LAX, the fourth busiest airport in the world.
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