Los Angeles International Airport
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| April 24 2025 |
LAX/Metro Transit Center station
At the Metro board meeting, LA County board supervisor Janice Hahn announced the station will open on June 6, 2025.
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| April 2025 |
LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility
The ConRAC facility was expected to fully open to all rental car companies.
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| 2025 | LAX Automated People Mover (APM) project is scheduled to begin operation, connecting terminal areas, parking facilities, and transit centers. |
| 2025 | Renovation of Terminal 6 is scheduled to be completed. |
| 2025 | LAX/Metro Transit Center station is scheduled to be completed, connecting to the terminal area by the APM. |
| 2025 | Expansion of the Midfield Satellite Concourse to add 8 gates is scheduled for completion. |
| 2024 |
LAX/Metro Transit Center station
Originally slated station opening, later delayed due to construction complications.
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| 2024 |
Los Angeles International Airport in popular culture
Serves as the central location for the action film Carry-On, which follows a fictional TSA officer at LAX who is blackmailed into allowing a nerve agent onto a plane.
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| 2024 |
Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles
The unit was administratively incorporated into the newly commissioned Coast Guard Air Station Ventura.
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| 2024 | LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility was completed, connected to the terminal area by the LAX Automated People Mover. |
| 2024 | LAX served 76,587,980 passengers, representing a 2.04% increase from the previous year. |
| November 3 2024 |
K Line
K Line's northern segment to Los Angeles (Westchester) opened, providing connection via C & K Line Link and shuttle service to LAX.
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| November 3 2024 |
K Line
Service changes were implemented for the C and K lines to prepare for pre-revenue testing at the upcoming LAX/Metro Transit Center station. The C Line's western terminus was redirected to Aviation/Century station, and the southern segment of the K Line was created between Aviation/Century station and Redondo Beach station.
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| October 2024 |
LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility
First rental car companies began operating at the new LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility (ConRAC), marking the initial phase of the facility's operations.
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| October 9 2024 |
LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility
Avis Budget Group became the first rental car company to begin operations at the ConRAC facility.
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| August 16 2024 |
LAX Automated People Mover
City Council approved an additional $400 million for the project.
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| July 8 2024 | A United Airlines Boeing 757-200 (registration N14107) experienced a main wheel detachment during initial climb from runway 25R while departing for Denver. The aircraft successfully continued its flight and landed safely with no casualties. |
| June 7 2024 |
LAX Automated People Mover
An arbitrator (Project Neutral) decided that LAWA was responsible for 526 calendar days of project delays, having failed to act in good faith and comply with contract documents.
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| May 2 2024 |
LAX Automated People Mover
Board of Airport Commissioners authorized an additional $200 million to fund change orders and firm up the project schedule.
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| April 2024 |
Lawnchair Larry flight
A comedy musical based on Larry Walters's lawnchair flight debuted at The Lowry in Salford, UK.
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| April 29 2024 |
LAX Automated People Mover
Project test drove the one-car Maintenance Service Vehicle on the guideway between the Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF), West ITF, and ConRAC.
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| March 2024 |
LAX Automated People Mover
Terri Mestas, Chief Development Officer, accepted a new position. Three new executive leadership appointments were made: Marla Bleavins as Chief Airport Administrative Officer, Robert Lowe as Chief People and Culture Officer, and Becca Doten as Chief of Staff.
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| February 2024 |
LAX Automated People Mover
John Ackerman became the new LAWA CEO.
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| January 2024 | Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) released its busiest domestic routes data for the period January 2024 to December 2024, highlighting key passenger traffic trends. |
| January 2024 | New York–JFK emerged as the top domestic destination from LAX, with 1,397,000 passengers served by American, Delta, and JetBlue airlines. |
| 2023 | Renovations of Terminals 2 and 3 were completed. |
| 2023 | LAX handled 75,050,875 passengers, ranking as the world's eighth-busiest airport according to Airports Council International rankings. |
| 2023 |
LAX Automated People Mover
Original planned opening date, which was subsequently delayed.
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| 2023 | Beatrice Hsu serves briefly as Executive Director in 2023. |
| 2023 | John Ackerman becomes Executive Director in 2023 and continues to serve at the time of this record. |
| December 2023 | By the end of 2023, the top three airlines at LAX were Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and United Airlines, collectively representing nearly 50% of the airport's passenger traffic. |
| September 2023 | Ressam was transferred from ADX Florence Supermax prison to USP Florence - High. |
| June 22 2023 |
K Line
Metro's board of directors officially approved the implementation of Option 2 based on staff recommendation and public opinion.
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| April 2023 |
K Line
California state government awarded Metro $95 million for platform extension and infrastructure improvement project for the K Line, aimed at increasing train capacity before the 2028 Summer Olympics.
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| March 2023 |
K Line
Metro indicated it would recommend Option 2, with the K Line running north-south between Expo/Crenshaw and Redondo Beach, and the C Line running west-east between LAX and Norwalk.
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| February 18 2023 |
K Line
A northbound K Line train collided with a cement mixer at the Cedar Avenue crossing between two unspecified stations, marking a significant incident in the line's operational history.
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| January 2023 |
K Line
Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the South Bay Extension was released.
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| January 2023 | Delta Air Lines emerged as the top airline at Los Angeles International Airport, capturing 19.76% market share with 14,831,038 passengers during the year. |
| 2022 |
K Line
Ongoing construction delays prompted Metro to recommend public outreach to reformulate the K Line operating plan before the connection to the C Line opens in 2024.
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| 2022 | Ranked as the fifth-busiest airport in the United States by passenger boardings. |
| 2022 | Maintained its position as the second busiest airport in the United States for international passenger traffic, behind JFK in New York City. |
| 2022 | Terminal 4.5, a building connecting Terminals 4 and 5 to the LAX Automated People Mover, was completed. |
| June 6 2022 |
LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility
The ready/return building was handed over to car rental company tenants for them to construct their counters, waiting areas, office spaces, and entry/exit booths.
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| May 2022 |
LAX Automated People Mover
Concrete pouring for the guideway was completed, with a total of 69,700 cubic yards of concrete poured and one million work hours completed.
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| March 29 2022 |
JetBlue Flight 292
LATAM Flight 4292, an Airbus A320-214, encountered a nose landing gear fault during a flight from Medellín to Cartagena, forcing an emergency return to Medellín with the nose gear jammed horizontally.
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| 2021 |
LAX/Metro Transit Center station
Construction of the LAX/Metro Transit Center station begins.
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| 2021 | A new Economy Parking facility with 4,300 stalls was completed, including passenger pick-up/drop-off areas. |
| 2021 | The Midfield Satellite Concourse was completed, adding 15 gates to the West Gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal. |
| 2021 | Terminal 1.5, a junction building connecting Terminals 1 and 2, was completed with a bus gate to the Tom Bradley International Terminal. |
| 2021 |
Los Angeles International Airport
The LAX West Intermodal Transportation Facility opened, providing 4,300 parking spaces and replacing the former Lot C.
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