Los Angeles International Airport KLAX / LAX
Used by business aviation for widebody VIP charters, aircraft too large for Van Nuys and passengers connecting to long-haul flights; 40 minutes from Downtown and 20 from Santa Monica and Beverly Hills in light traffic. FBOs sit on the south-west (Imperial Terminal) side; taxi times are long and fees high.
12,923 ft
Longest runway
40 min
Drive to Los Angeles
2
FBOs / handlers
128 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- concrete
- Fuel
- Jet A, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 25 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP.
- Website
- www.flylax.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Signature Flight Support LAX
- Atlantic Aviation LAX
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 12,923 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Everything in our database can operate here.
Other airports for Los Angeles
- Van Nuys Airport KVNY 8,001 ft · 45 min
- Hollywood Burbank Airport KBUR 6,886 ft · 30 min