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