Airguide Destinations Airport Guide - Los Angeles (LAX)
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Terminal 2 at LAX Airport with gates 21A – 28. T2 was upgraded early 2016 – transforming 15,000 sq.feet of terminal space with 16 new retail & dining outlets and upgraded common area. T2 now has three separate areas: a commercial area, a dining terrace and ‘The Strand’ (a dining/shopping area with stairway to a mezzanine & cafe). * Virgin Atlantic’s new Clubhouse Lounge is free for passengers of Upper Class, traveling between London Heathrow & LAX. T2’s Departures Level offers food & drink and retail outlets, including duty-free; ICE currency exchange, free WiFi & a nursing room. Currently, the ticketing lobby is split between airline check-in operations.
T2’s Arrivals Level houses ATM & currency exchange, interactive visitor’s centers, baggage carts, volunteer info professionals, E-Savvy, Univision & Starbucks. NOTE: The baggage carousels were replaced. Work at the ticketing lobby, where barricades split check-in operations of the airlines were completed, as well as a new boarding bridge.. A new service-animal relief area opened near gate 22.
Terminal 3 at LAX Airport with gate 30 right after security check and gates 31A through 39 surrounding the gate area. T3’s Departures level houses a food court with Burger King & Starbucks, 2 other restaurants, Hudson’s News shop & and newstands, DFS Duty-free; and ICE currency exchange. T3’s Arrivals level houses an ATM, interactive Visitors Centers, baggage cars & Volunteer Info Professionals. A service-animal relief area opened in the courtyard beyond Gate 30. Also near gate 30, Angel City Brewery, Peet’s Coffee, Blue Window LA, & a cafe recently opened, while ‘Point The Way Cafe’ opened at former US Airways lounge.
NOTE: JetBlue had moved to Terminal 5! Plans for T3 are to demolish /reconstruct T3 concourse building, and the oval-shaped structure at T3’s north end, and demolish or reconstruct both baggage & ticketing facilities at T2 & T3.
The South Terminals 4 – 8:
Terminal 4 at LAX Airport serves American & American Eagle – with gates 41-49A. T4’s Departures Level currently houses a food court with 6 restaurants, and 2 separate restaurants, a DFS Duty-Free shop, & six other shops, and ICE currency exchange. T4’s Arrivals level houses an ATM, Interactive Visitors Centers, baggage carts, Starbucks & Volunteer Info Professionals.
After TSA Screening is access to the gateway area (for remote gate 44 take the stairway or escalator near the food court to the bus gate), and gates 46A to 47A surrounding north end of the gateway. The American Airlines Admirals Club is near gate 43. A stairway leads to Alaska Airlines Board Room.
The T4 Connector now connects the south side’s of T4 – T8 with the Tom Bradley TBIT terminal – enabling arriving passengers to use the new connector to transfer toTBIT, where they go through an expedited security screening area connecting directly with the south side terminal concourses. Also, T4’s gate seating areas have been upgraded, as well as the food court and new automated lanes were added at the Security checkpoint. The Admirals Club completed its renovation.
Terminal 5 at LAX Airport with gates 50-59 serves American, American Eagle. T5’s upgrade has been completed. T5’s Departures Level offers a food court with 4 restaurants, and 5 other food & drink outlets, a DFS duty-free shop, 5 other shops; ICE Currency exchange & nursing room.