LAX POSTS SECOND YEAR OF RECORD PASSENGERS – UP 6 PERCENT; RECORDS ALSO SET FOR BOTH DOMESTIC, INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS
Airport officials today announced the second year in a row of record-setting passenger volume at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Year-end statistics released today show LAX airlines served 74,936,256 total passengers in 2015 -- six percent above the record 70,663,519 passengers in 2014.
Of the 2015 total, a record 20,740,075 passengers (or 27.7 percent) were aboard international flights – 8.5 percent higher than last year’s record 19,106,746 passengers. In addition, last year’s record 54,196,181 domestic passengers are 5.1 percent higher than the record 51,556,773 passengers in 2014.
Total air cargo (mail and freight) processed at LAX during 2015 was 2,132,486 tons, an increase of 6.5 percent above the 2,002,910 tons in 2014. Freight (goods) rose nearly six percent in 2015 to 2,038,221 tons from 1,923,033 tons in 2014. Air mail also increased 18 percent in 2015 to 94,265 tons from 79,877 tons in 2014.
The number of aircraft operations (landings and takeoffs) grew nearly three percent to 655,564 operations in 2015 from 636,706 operations in 2014. Commercial airline operations grew 7.6 percent to 571,588 from 531,373 in 2014. Air taxi (charter) operations dropped 27.6 percent to 61,652 from 85,125 in 2014; general aviation increased 12.2 percent to 20,300 operations from 18,090 operations in 2014; and military flights dropped 4.4 percent to 2,024 compared to 2,118 flights in 2014.
“The record number of passengers and increased cargo activity at LAX reflect the investments being made at LAX,” said Deborah Flint, chief executive officer of Los Angeles World Airports, the Los Angeles City department that owns and operates LAX and two other Southern California airports. “The unprecedented $8.5-billion modernization program includes substantial capital improvements to virtually every terminal at the airport. Another $5 billion will be invested to relieve traffic congestion with a new convenient, reliable and sustainable transportation system that will transform LAX into a world-class airport and improve the travel experience for everyone.”
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the fifth busiest airport in the world and second in the United States, based on 2014 airport rankings (the latest available). LAX served more than 74.9 million passengers in 2015. LAX offers 692 daily nonstop flights to 85 cities in the U.S. and 928 weekly nonstop flights to 67 cities in 34 countries on 59 commercial air carriers. LAX ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with more than 2.1 million tons of air cargo valued at over $86.9 billion. An economic study in 2011 reported that operations at LAX generated 294,400 jobs in Los Angeles County with labor income of $13.6 billion and economic output of more than $39.7 billion. This activity added $2.5 billion to local and state revenues. LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City’s general fund.
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