Paul Tzanetopoulos's entryway pylons at LAX. Photo courtesy of Skeeze & Pixabay.com.
For scheduled carriers, scheduled commuters and charters
In 2021, Los Angeles International Airport ranked as the fifth busiest airport in the world for passenger traffic. It ranked behind Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Denver International Airport, and Chicago O'Hare International Airport. In 2021, LAX recorded 464,803 air carrier flights, down from 634,515 flights in pre-pandemic 2019.
In the 2015 Airport Food Review, a report from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, 90 percent of LAX food concessionaires were found to offer healthy entres, the highest percentage among the nation's 24 busiest airports. In second place was Newark Liberty International Airport at 84 percent, followed by San Francisco International Airport at 82 percent.
In 2021, a daily average of 49,754 private, non-commercial vehicles moved through LAX as ground transporation, picking up and dropping off air passengers.
For scheduled carriers, scheduled commuters and charters. Approximately half of all passengers are arrivals.
| Year | Domestic | International | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40,042,017 | 7,965,267 | 48,007,284 |
| 2020 | 22,357,785 | 6,421,742 | 28,779,527 |
| 2019 | 62,371,691 | 25,696,322 | 88,068,013 |
| 2018 | 61,480,817 | 26,053,567 | 87,534,384 |
| 2017 | 59,614,616 | 24,944,160 | 84,558,776 |
| Year | Domestic | International | Total |
| 2016 | 58,071,363 | 22,850,164 | 80,921,527 |
| 2015 | 54,216,230 | 20,740,075 | 74,936,305 |
| 2014 | 51,556,545 | 19,105,667 | 70,662,212 |
| 2013 | 48,813,587 | 17,852,139 | 66,665,726 |
| 2012 | 46,535,207 | 17,152,914 | 63,688,121 |
| Year | Domestic | International | Total |
| 2011 | 45,130,728 | 16,731,324 | 61,862,052 |
| 2010 | 43,134,145 | 15,935,264 | 59,069,409 |
| 2009 | 41,419,913 | 15,100,930 | 56,520,843 |
| 2008 | 43,137,056 | 16,683,694 | 59,820,750 |
| 2007 | 45,190,615 | 17,247,968 | 62,438,583 |
| Year | Domestic | International | Total |
| 2006 | 44,129,926 | 16,910,748 | 61,040,674 |
| 2005 | 44,003,260 | 17,486,263 | 61,489,523 |
| 2004 | 44,228,427 | 16,476,141 | 60,704,568 |
| 2003 | 40,346,127 | 14,623,903 | 54,970,030 |
| 2002 | 41,379,168 | 14,844,675 | 56,223,843 |
| Year | Domestic | International | Total |
| 2001 | 45,656,025 | 15,950,228 | 61,606,253 |
| 2000 | 49,926,815 | 17,376,367 | 67,303,182 |
| 1999 | 48,464,413 | 15,815,158 | 64,279,571 |
| 1998 | 46,126,904 | 15,088,808 | 61,215,712 |
| 1997 | 45,395,749 | 14,746,839 | 60,142,588 |
Note: Passengers include in-transit
Source: Los Angeles World Airports
Air Passengers from New York to Los Angeles in the 1930s left Newark, New Jersey, and flew 19 hours, refueling four times. The planes could seat only 20 passengers and were not pressurized.
Source: Curious California, by Ray Reynolds, 1989
