Current and Future Plans for LAX | Los Angeles Airports - Part One 

Transit AND airport planning in the same video??? Dreams DO COME TRUE!!!

Am I from SoCal? No. Have I ever been to LAX? No. Did I watch the whole video? Yes...

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The amount of work you put into these is incredible.

The idea of the Southern Sepulveda line connecting to Sofi sounds like a dream come true.

Final SoCal airport: Tijuana! Carries a good number of Southern Californians looking to take advantage of domestic pricing, but it's still arguably a Californian airport now that CBX exists.

Oh LAX peoplemover, how I long for thee to finally open. As a person who has been that one to drop off/pick up people at LAX, I am so ready to never have to do it again.

I will say - with the opening, there's a missed opportunity for the line "Where else can you feel the breeze from 10,000 feet while indulging in the smells of 10,000 feet" No other notes, this is peak nandert and I am here for it~

This is incredible. I can only imagine the amount of work that went into this video. This is also the most comprehensive explanation of what is happening at LAX I've been able to find.

I love how ridiculously complex this whole transportation upgrade has become.

Honestly this is why I ALWAYS get the earliest possible flight TO my destination and make sure to get to LAX sometime in the morning when I'm coming home. I've never had the horrible Sunday night experience

2:00 Don't forget TIJ and the Cross-Border Xpress! 4.2m passengers a year can't be wrong

As a frequent airline traveler and a civil engineer/transportation designer and having experience in transportation planning, I am thoroughly impressed with your work! Subscribed.

I think this is your best video yet! The visuals are so great! (Maps! 3D! LABELS! Highlighting! Historical side-by-side comparisons! Yes!) and the voiceover is much easier to understand than in your previous videos (you don't swallow your words as much here and the voiceover is not drowned out by the background music). Love it! Looking forward to more from this series! :)

You forgot to talk about Tijuana airport. Thanks to the large demand of travel to Mexico and the IBX, it’s basically a SoCal airport.

This video is the GOAT! Finally someone gets it! Expect a Terminal and Gate renaming once the APM comes online. LAX has a plan, but its going to take more pain to make it a reality. Great video!

Honey WAKE UP

I'm a huge transit nerd but even huger aviation nerd. Honestly one of the best videos I've watched on You Tube! Thank you so much.

Don't forget folks in the comments section to vote YES for measure HLA if you want non-rail transit not to suck.

Your speculation about the airline rearrangement is super exciting. I fly JetBlue most of the time and would be ecstatic to not have to use Terminal 5 anymore.

Palmdale International Airport has promise, especially once CAHSR opens

1:50 Imperial County also, for some reason, has commuter service to Phoenix, which is a whole state away. Also, I find it insane that LA is only just building light rail to its main airport, and an APM for the airport, while Phoenix has a fully completed APM with a light rail connection that was built years ago (the terminals were connected to the light rail in 2014, and the rental car facility and 24th Street were connected in 2022). What’s more insane is that aside from a few Super Bowls, there hasn’t been a ton of big event pressure to push for those projects. Then again, Phoenix is, in a way, lucky to have its main airport so close to downtown (the runways start 2.5 miles east of Central).

Metrolink (+ intercity rail service) to LAX would be a super-regional game changer. In the interim, LAX should have a coach bus terminal.

It's a good morning when Nandert uploads

THIS IS A CERTIFIED HOOD CLASSIC And about Sunday night flights: a friend on mine dropped me off at TBIT for my midnight flight to Hong Kong. He's a real one.

I just want the LAX express train because "LAXpress" would be a great name for it. Oh and getting to LAX easier from DTLA/NELA too. Minor details.

You can skip 1.5 now and just go to Tom Bradley now for your Allegiant flight, but not having to go through security at the international terminal is worth just riding the bus. The walk is also shorter since it's dropping you off at the west gates.

Literally can't wait for part 2 now. Your videos are like crack for us transit lovers

Ontario has significant freight traffic from UPS (I don't know about the others) but I assume that's going to be part of the future video.

I love LAX! It's conveniently located just 20 minutes from my house and is incredibly easy to get in and out of for a huge airport. It’s not unusual for me to go from my front door to the gate in under a half hour. Compared to a hell hole like Chicago or Newark - or the remoteness of Denver, LAX is a dream.

Fun anecdote! Having moved to LA 2 years ago and having used LAX about 10 times it’s probably one of the least problematic airports I’ve flown out of and I’ve been to a lot. Getting there has never been too bad, I wish the bus connection from Westwood was better as I’ve always found it weird I have to go all the way past the airport to the C line and then come back on a shuttle. Other than that I almost never have to wait for anything! Granted I tend to fly at like 11am on weekdays so that might be why 😅

Well this sick day just became a lot more enjoyable, thanks!

Nandert truly is the Jon Bois of transit project information

Plane spotters love LAX. Great locations, great variety and air traffic.

This was absolutely amazing. As a pilot for a Legacy carrier based in LAX I am so glad to have watched it. You have expressed some points I thought of like the need for an express train direct from Union Station (please please please be in the cards for the future) but mostly things I have never even thought about. Subscribed, Amazing work.

So much traffic getting concentrated onto the LAX people mover! It'd need 80sec headways or faster at peak time

This is a phenomenal video and the channel deserves way more attention

having ridden vivaaerobus at terminal 1.5, your assumption that they would place any value on their passenger's time or comfort is quaint and endearing

Best crossover episode ever!

nandert cooks once again. Can't wait to hear about the plans for Burbank, as an eastsider it's way easier to fly domestically outta Burbank for me, but usually runs a bit of a premium on airfare.

Was always amazed how well it worked anyway. It employs as many people as populate an entire city elsewhere. They smile and put you at ease, the American way.

We recently flew Delta from Hawaii to LAX on a 767 and it was one of the best coach flights in memory. The coach section is a 2-3-2 configuration perfect for couples. Not only were the seats reasonably sized, the electronics were better than on many international business carriers. Even the $10 dollar coach snack was fine. And you noted the the new Delta terminal is impressive as well. There aren't many Delta routes using the 767, but fortunately LAX to New York is one on them.

Thankfully they're now going to renumber all these terminals. This is a great run down on what's going on. Thanks.

Thank you. It was most informative, and the graphics were outstanding.

amazing video as always, Nick. You read my mind regarding the C Line extension on Lincoln Bl.

That cities skylines comparison is so real

it wont be a quick ride but finally connecting lax to union station is amazing. people from the surrounding cities could take the metrolink then the metro to lax and never have to get in a car [theoretically, as long as theres no station closures for updates that werent done in the first place like future platform extensions and grade separations]

This video should have WAY more views. Very well done, looking forward to the rest of the series.

another Nandert Banger

Absolutely loved this. Cannot wait to hear about the other airports in this region.

Such a great video, editing, visuals, and commentary. Keep up the good work!

Damn, this is an amazing video. Thanks for putting it all together!

Loved this video, so comprehensive and well put together. Already can’t wait for the next one!

Outstanding video once again! Appreciate the great work like always!

This video is really good. Yes, Sunday pick ups/drop offs are the worst. I fly out of LAX at least once a month and your video is really informative.

The amount of research you did here is mind boggling. Great video

As a South Bay resident I've only ever been able to reasonably justify flying out of LAX, which is deeply unfortunate, but at least I've gotten very regular construction updates without ever having to look anything up! This is a great video, too, can't wait to see the other two when they come out

What a beautiful video, thank you for your time highlighting and making these maps

wow i think this is the best infrastructure/transit video i've ever seen amazing detail and explanations!! 😄😇

best documentary ever man! Keep it up! Would loooooove to see something like this for ATL or ORD. Good luck man!!!!

Amazing work! I'm actually excited 😂

This was an exceptional update. Thank you for all of your wonderful illustrations and knowledge.

That was a lot to take in. What insight! Thank you Nandert 🤓

I’m amazed at the complexity involved just to travel to LAX. It is transitnerds/avgeeks wet dream and passengers nightmare. In Asia, some airports offer downtown/in-city check in facilities connected via high speed rail service to the airport. I could totally see this as a thing in LAX and use extensively to reduce the need for driving to the airport to send/pick up passengers.

I love your videos, but the one thing I was really hoping you'd address that you didn't was about car drop-offs. Yes, we know about the two intramodal stations (I think that's what they're called) but how will CARS getting off the 405 at Century Boulevard get into the one drop off facility near the rental car building? It looks on the map like they left space to extend the Century Blvd. offramp (from southbound 405) toward it, but will it still stop at that side street? Will it continue as a traffic lane directly to the drop-off area? And how will cars get back onto the 405, especially the 405 north? I am really fearful that they will simply be dumping cars off into that neighborhood without a plan to get them back out of there (especially back onto the 405 going north.)

great work! looking forward to the next parts.

Great job on this. Totally hooked in my attention. Super excited for the Metro connection!

Thank you for this. Super informative and entertaining.

Incrediby informative and detailed...thank you for this incredble work!

There's so much opportunity being missed with Ontario airport. Wish there was a way to incentivize its use with lower fees or by kick out those unaffiliated budget airlines from LAX all together and sending them over to Ontario. People looking for a bargin will follow the lower cost anyway.

Video is BOMBER great transition and great narration! subed

What an incredibly detailed and well made video!

What an amazing video analysis. Subscribed!

This video is so informative and detailed. Thank you

Those remote gates bring back bad memories. Arriving from Australia and missing the slot time, getting on a dreadful bus, arriving at TBI immigration at the backend of 10 other wide body arrivals. Then waiting two hours. Miss domestic connection. Wait another 5 hours. Ugh! It happened to me about 10 times over the years from the late 90s. Only when they brought in the rush connection immigration lane with the flourescent ticket jackets (at least on oneworld) did the situation improve.

Excellent video keep em coming

Nick fantastic work you assembled in this video We appreciate you sharing your ideas with us 🙏 and showing us what's feasible. I will agree that this is pretty much the end game for LAX after all possible expansion projects.

Very comprehensive look at LAX expansion and transit!

Imagine if we diverted all those passengers taking regional flights onto high speed rail...

Freeze on 11:14, lots of interesting history there. The photo is from about 1963 or 1964. Satellite 3 was TWA. In those early days of jet airliners, TWA (and United) chose to park their jets parallel to the gate, allowing jet bridges to connect to front and rear airplane doors, and not requiring a pushback tug, since airplanes could power in and out. But that configuration took up more space per gate than nose-in parking, put a lot of wear on aircraft tires and brakes, and sometimes led to jet blast damage incidents. Satellite 4 was American Airlines. From the start of jet service with the 707 in 1959, they (and Delta) championed nose-in parking. Everyone boarded and disembarked aircraft via the front door, which has now become ingrained to all of us. Aircraft are pushed back for start-up and departure, and more aircraft can be accommodated in a given area. In the distance, the first north side runway had been opened. Then designated 6/24, it became 6R/24L when its close parallel sibling, 6L/24R, opened later, around 1968. At the far left of the photo is north-south crosswind Runway 16/34, which was 6753' x 102', rarely used, and closed when Runway 6L/24R was constructed. The Tom Bradley Terminal ("B") not stands where Runway 16/34 had been.

EXCELLENT VIDEO!! it’s going to be very interesting when it’s all said and done. The thing I am looking forward to the most is seeing if our politicians and architects had the foresight to create a smooth transition in and out of where you’re dropping people off. The same amount of Ubers and cars are going to be coming in to drop people off as there is now. so my pessimism says all they’re doing is just moving it to a new location. But it will be interesting to see nonetheless.

What an amzing piece!

well for one of those airlines in Terminal 1.5, no longer exists. Lynx Air ceased operations at the end of February.

This was really informative and thorough 🙏

FYI, Air France/KLM is already operating their flights from the TBIT West Gates satellite terminal and will be opening their new lounge there on the 6th floor.

oh wow great video. love it

Superb job!

Fantastic video!

Great video as always Nandert. I would love to see some discussion about the climate impacts of aviation in the next two parts of the series. The way I see it, airport expansion, much like highway expansion, is climate arson.

Thank you Nandert

You son of a gun. I love using the metro/metrolink and I also love/hate flying in and out of LAX. This is the perfect video for me!

I like the idea of this video - lets try to make sense of lax related plans

Awesome video!

Great video. Couple of points… most Canadians pre clear US customs in Canada so a transit hotel WOULD make sense for us. Second, WestJet would 100% be in the Delta alliance terminals since they are close partners. Finally and sadly, Lynx airline ceased Operations last weekend so they are now defunct.

Holy shit this is amazing

When you mentioned 2 new terminals I gave a gasp. Like damn how big can it get.

Great video!

Great informative video

I work out of LAX. This video was incredibly interesting!

Fantastic video