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That led airport managers to spend over US$15 billion to modernize the airport, with an automated people mover (APM) being one of the major improvements. The project was given added urgency in 2017 when Los Angeles was awarded its bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympics.
The airport is located in Burbank, and serves the heavily populated areas of northern Los Angeles County. It is the closest airport to the central and northeastern parts of L.A. (including Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles), Glendale, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley, and the western San Gabriel Valley.
The basic layout of the airport dates back to 1958 when the architecture firm Pereira & Luckman was contracted to plan the re-design of the airport for the "jet age."The plan, developed with architects Welton Becket and Paul Williams, called for a series of terminals and parking structures in the central portion of the property, with these buildings connected at the center by a huge steel-and ...
[15] [14] The airport was renamed Los Angeles International Airport in 1949. [17] The temporary terminals remained in place for 15 years but quickly became inadequate, especially as air travel entered the "jet age" and other cities invested in modern facilities. Airport leaders once again convinced voters to back a $59 million bond on June 5, 1956.
The ConRAC under construction in 2024. The Los Angeles International Airport Consolidated Rent-A-Car (LAX ConRAC) facility is one of the major components of the airport's US$5.5 billion Landside Access Modernization Program, along with the LAX Automated People Mover (APM). [1]
English: Location map of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area — which encompasses Los Angeles County and Orange County in Southern California. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 120.0 %. Geographic limits of the map:
On April 29, 1992, the airport closed for cleanup after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots over the Rodney King beating. [citation needed] The airport closed again as a 2-hour precaution on January 17, 1994 after the Northridge earthquake. [citation needed] In 1996, a $29 million, 277-foot-tall (84 m) air traffic control tower was built near the Theme ...
Los Angeles Airport primarily refers to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, United States. It may also refer to: "L.A. International Airport", a 1971 song by American country music singer Susan Raye; Greater Los Angeles § Commercial airports, a list of other commercial airports in Greater Los Angeles, California