Los Angeles International LAX
Looking for flights from Los Angeles? Los Angeles International, better known by its code LAX, is the airport that serves the city, and it is where almost any long trip abroad begins. Its long-haul map leans toward Europe: Milan, Barcelona, Rome, London, Brussels, Madrid and Paris all appear on the departures board, and Skiathos covers the Greek islands in summer. Fares move with the season, so it pays to compare dates before you commit.
Los Angeles International at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 73.7 M (2025)
- Elevation
- 126 m
- Opened
- 1928
- Official website
- flylax.com
- Population of Los Angeles
- 3.9 M (2020)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Getting from the airport into the city is simple in theory and slow in practice. Taxis, rideshares, shared shuttles and buses all make the same run into town, and the traffic is the part you cannot plan around. Build in a generous buffer for a morning departure, and if you land in the late afternoon, expect the drive to take far longer than the map suggests. Never book a tight connection between your flight and anything else scheduled that day.