Los Angeles International Airport is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles and its surrounding metropolitan area in California, United States. LAX is located in the Westchester neighborhood of the city 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.
An aerial view of LAX in September 2014.
Hangar No. 1 was the first structure at LAX, built in 1929, restored in 1990 and remaining in active use.
Los Angeles Municipal Airport on Army Day, c. 1931
Continental passengers arriving at CAL terminal, July 1962, before jet bridges were constructed
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An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries around the world. International airports are usually larger than domestic airports, and feature longer runways and have facilities to accommodate heavier aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 commonly used for international and intercontinental travel. International airports often host domestic flights, which helps feed both passengers and cargo into international ones.
San Francisco International Airport at night, with departure gates radiating out from the terminal building, aerobridges, apron and parked planes
Qantas Empire Airways International Short Empire flying boat services arriving at Rose Bay, Sydney (c. 1939)
Finnair Airbus A319 at the Helsinki Airport in Vantaa, Finland. Terminal expansion construction site in the background.
A flight information display system screen at Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 2 showing flight arrivals