page_title: Los Angeles International Airport
section_title: Access
hierarchical_section_title: Los Angeles International Airport / Access
caption_attribution_description: English: A picture showing the LAX letters welcoming visitors to the Los Angeles Internation airport.
context_page_description: Los Angeles International Airport, commonly referred to as LAX, is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles and its surrounding metropolitan area.
  LAX is located in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles, 18 miles southwest of Downtown Los Angeles, with the commercial and residential areas of Westchester to the north, the city of El Segundo to the south and the city of Inglewood to the east. LAX is the closest airport to the Westside and the South Bay.
  Owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, an agency of the government of Los Angeles, formerly known as the Department of Airports, the airport covers 3,500 acres of land. LAX has four parallel runways.
  In 2019, LAX handled 88,068,013 passengers, making it the world's third busiest and the United States' second busiest airport following Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. As the largest and busiest international airport on the U.S. West Coast, LAX is a major international gateway to the United States, and also serves a connection point for passengers traveling internationally.
caption: LAX sign as seen near the entrance of the airport
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