| Los Angeles International Airport, the main airport in | | | | hub for Delta. |
| Los Angeles, is best known by its airport code, LAX. | | | | United Airlines flies to the most destinations, followed |
| It is located in city's southwestern area, about 15 | | | | by Delta, then American. United also operates the |
| miles away from downtown Los Angeles. | | | | most international flights to the Pacific, while it, Air |
| LAX sees more 'origin and destination' passengers | | | | France, and Lufthansa share the lead with |
| than every other airport in the world. It also is the | | | | destinations in Europe. Delta has the most flights to |
| world's fifth-busiest airport when measured by | | | | Latin America. |
| passenger traffic, and 11th by cargo traffic. In 2004 | | | | The airport is situated on 3,425 acres, and is one of |
| more than 60 million travelers were taken care of | | | | the most propitious locations for commercial aircraft |
| and more than 2 million tons of freight. Not | | | | spotting, most notably at Clutter's Park in El Segundo, |
| surprisingly, it is the most active airport in the state | | | | where the entire southern area of the airport can be |
| of California. | | | | watched. Another viewing location is right under the |
| In terms of passengers from overseas, LAX is | | | | final approach for one of the many runways, on a |
| America's second-busiest airport, behind only New | | | | grass lawn next to a local burger restaurant. |
| York's JFK International Airport. It is the major | | | | Watchers may study a wide variety of low-flying |
| regional hub for United Airlines, and the secondary | | | | commercial airliners from directly underneath. |