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Los Angeles International Airport

Monday, July 13, 2026LAXU.S. flights only12 months ending April 2026BTS source data through April 2026
Arriving passengers
24.68M
▼ 3.98% year over year · Rank No. 5
Departing passengers
24.79M
▼ 3.87% year over year · Rank No. 5
Scheduled departures
201,596
▼ 1.31% year over year · Rank No. 7
Freight and mail
1.48B lb.
▼ 7.60% year over year · Rank No. 7
Scheduled carriers
22
▲ 4.76% year over year

Airline Market Share

Total passengers · 49.47 million

April 2026
Carrier Passengers Share Delta22.28%
11.02 million passengers
United18.49%
9.15 million passengers
American17.64%
8.73 million passengers
Southwest12.38%
6.12 million passengers
SkyWest9.02%
4.46 million passengers
Other20.19%
9.99 million passengers

Busiest U.S. Destinations

Passengers in thousands, compared with the prior 12-month period

Top 10
1
JFKNew York, NY
1,510.11k
▲ 6.7%
2
SFOSan Francisco, CA
1,383.22k
▼ 0.1%
3
ORDChicago, IL
1,165.99k
▲ 0.0%
4
LASLas Vegas, NV
1,158.62k
▼ 11.0%
5
HNLHonolulu, HI
1,118.05k
▼ 6.7%
6
DFWDallas/Fort Worth, TX
988.74k
▼ 12.1%
7
DENDenver, CO
987.62k
▲ 1.0%
8
EWRNewark, NJ
940.18k
▼ 4.4%
9
ATLAtlanta, GA
937.15k
▼ 2.7%
10
SEASeattle, WA
891.15k
▼ 10.1%

Flightline Insight

Carrier Passengers Share Delta is the largest scheduled carrier at LAX, accounting for 22.3 percent of reported passengers. The airport's busiest reported U.S. destinations are JFK, SFO and LAS.

Data note: Passenger totals represent scheduled enplaned revenue passengers on U.S. flights. Carrier shares are based on BTS-reported scheduled enplaned revenue passengers and are displayed here in millions. Freight and mail include scheduled and nonscheduled activity; BTS reports LAX at 999 million pounds, so Flightline preserves that published level of precision. Destination figures are BTS-reported passenger totals in thousands. Rankings are among 762 U.S. airports in the BTS profile dataset.