Los Angeles International Airport, known as LAX, is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles and its surrounding metropolitan area in California. It sits in the Westchester neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles, about 18 miles southwest of downtown, bordered by the commercial and residential areas of Westchester, the city of El Segundo and the city of Inglewood, and it is the airport closest to the Westside and South Bay areas.
Facts
Completion Year SignificanceHolds the record for the world's busiest origin-and-destination airport, where more travelers begin or end trips than connect through it. 1 Connections
Exemplifies
LAX functions as a multi-carrier hub (American, Delta, United, Southwest), a standard example of hub-and-spoke concentration at a major US gateway.
Operated By
Source Wikipedia: Los Angeles International Airport
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Los Angeles International Airport
WikipediaHistory section, first paragraph
The airport opened on October 1, 1928 and the first structure, Hangar No. 1, was erected in 1929.
Lead section, third paragraph
The airport holds the record for the world's busiest origin and destination airport, because relative to other airports, many more travelers begin or end their trips in Los Angeles than use it as a connection.
Introduction, current operator
The airport is operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), a branch of the Los Angeles city government.
In Group: Major International Airports, Lead sentence
Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX) is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S.
Operated By: Los Angeles World Airports, Infobox: owner_oper
Los Angeles World Airports
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