Market · U.S. Airport Market Profile

Los Angeles (LAX)

U.S. flights only 12 months ending April 2026 BTS 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
Passengers daily each way
67,770
Average passengers per direction per day
Scheduled departures
201,596
▼ 1.31% year over year · Rank No. 7 · 552 daily
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
Delta22.28%
11.02 million passengers
Other20.19%
9.99 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

Busiest U.S. Destinations

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

Top 10
1
JFKNew York, NY
1,510.11k2,069 PDEW
▲ 6.7%
2
SFOSan Francisco, CA
1,383.22k1,895 PDEW
▼ 0.1%
3
ORDChicago, IL
1,165.99k1,597 PDEW
▲ 0.0%
4
LASLas Vegas, NV
1,158.62k1,587 PDEW
▼ 11.0%
5
HNLHonolulu, HI
1,118.05k1,532 PDEW
▼ 6.7%
6
DFWDallas/Fort Worth, TX
988.74k1,354 PDEW
▼ 12.1%
7
DENDenver, CO
987.62k1,353 PDEW
▲ 1.0%
8
EWRNewark, NJ
940.18k1,288 PDEW
▼ 4.4%
9
ATLAtlanta, GA
937.15k1,284 PDEW
▼ 2.7%
10
SEASeattle, WA
891.15k1,221 PDEW
▼ 10.1%
Total passengers49.47 million
Largest carrierDelta · 22.3%
Largest U.S. destinationNew York (JFK)
Average departures552 per day

Passenger History

Rolling 12-month arriving and departing passengers

Growing monthly

Operations and Cargo History

Scheduled departures and freight/mail volume

BTS

Flightline Insight

LAX handled 49.47 million arriving and departing passengers during the latest 12-month reporting period, down 4.0% year over year. Delta was the largest scheduled carrier with 22.3% of reported passengers. The busiest reported U.S. destinations were New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO) and Chicago (ORD).

Data note: Passenger totals represent scheduled enplaned revenue passengers on U.S. flights. PDEW is calculated as total arriving and departing passengers divided by two directions and 365 days. Carrier shares are based on BTS-reported scheduled enplaned revenue passengers. Freight and mail include scheduled and nonscheduled activity. Destination figures are BTS-reported passenger totals in thousands; route PDEW is calculated from the latest rolling 12-month passenger total. Historical charts retain each monthly BTS endpoint as future updates are generated.