Example Image Who Uses LAX? - 2006/7 update
 

The following data is from a study conducted at LAX by Los Angeles World Airports in the summer and fall of 2006. 27,949 interviews were conducted. Click here for the final report released in March 2008 with a December 2007 publication date.

Click here to compare these findings with those of a similar study conducted in 2001, pre-911.

 
TYPE OF PASSENGER - 2006 PERCENT -2006  2006 MAP (2) 
Originating passengers  (1)   66 %  40.3
Passengers connecting through LAX or changing  planes   34 %  20.7
     Total 100 %  61.0

(1) The term, O&D - Origin and Destination passengers, is commonly used to identify those whose trip originated or ended at a residence, hotel or business in the area.  This does not include "Connecting" passengers who get off one plane and onto another without leaving the airport, or "Transit" passengers whose plane lands and then takes off enroute to another city. In the surveys, passengers arriving at the airport were asked for and classified by their point of "Origin".

(2) The percentages  in the second column are applied here to the actual volume of air travel at LAX in 2006.

      The 66 % of total passengers recorded as O&D in the area are broken down by county in the following chart.
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS COUNTY OF ORIGIN OR DEPARTURE FOR LAX - 2006
 PERCENT OF O&D PASSENGERS 2006 MAP (2)
PERCENT OF TOTAL 2006
PASSENGERS
Los Angeles County  77.7 %  31.3
51.3 %
Orange County  13.0 %    5.2
 8.6 %
Ventura County   2.3 %   0.9
 1.5 %
Riverside County   1.6 %   0.6
 1.1 %
San Bernardino County
   1.5 %
   0.6
  1.0
San Diego County
   1.5 %
   0.6
  1.0
Other
  2.4 %
   1.0
 1.6%
Total O&D Residents and Visitors 100 % 40.3
66.0 %
Connecting or transiting passengers 
  -
 20.7
34.0 %
     
For 2006, LAWA estimates Orange County was the origin or destination for 5.2 million LAX passengers, a decrease from 2001.
They were 13.0 % of O&D passengers and 8.6 % of the total airport users, when counting those connecting or in transit.

For 2001, Orange County was estimated as the the origin or destination for 5.4 million LAX passengers
They were 15.4 % of O&D passengers and 9.9 % of the total.  See the 2001 data.

Anaheim/Disneyland was the only major source of travelers at LAX. The area accounted for 15 percent of all international travel at LAX.

The decline in O.C. use of LAX came after the passenger caps at John Wayne Airport were raised in 2003, allowing more passengers to fly directly to and from Orange County.

Click here for 1993 study results.

Click here for a 1993 study at Ontario Airport.


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October 22, 2007, revised March 10, 2008