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I work at LAX and something I’d add is the shuttle situation between terminals. After the passengers have to leave the terminal to transfer to another terminal, they get confused on where to catch the shuttle and which one to get on. There are a lot of different shuttles and they are not well marked. People constantly accidentally get on the employee shuttle and end up at the employee parking lot. I even gave someone a ride back to the airport once so they wouldn’t miss their flight lol.

It's a brilliant airport for plane spotting. The variety of aircraft is amazing especially the heavies A380, A340, A350, 747, 777 and the Dream liner ❤️✈️

Some of the shortcomings in LAX come from the thoughts of its early planners in the 60s. They thought passengers will not want to spend time in the terminals, they want to park their cars, walk to the terminal, board the plane and go. International air travel was not a big thing and they did not envision being a major transfer hub. That explains the horseshoe setup with parking in the middle, small terminal buildings with little space for concessions or seating. The good thing about LAX is the cooperating weather year round, 4 parallel runways with wind from the same direction 95% of the time. Once you make it to the terminal, there is less chance you have to wait hours for a delayed flight.

I flew in and out of long Beach last year on southwest. That was wonderful. No waiting for anything. No shuttles. A lot of it was outdoors so you could enjoy the nice weather.

I live in Los Angeles and LAX is my home airport and I’ve never had a problem with the airport and I travel internationally every year and the time going around the horseshoe takes no where near 1 hour. It usually takes about 20 minutes to get from terminal 1-7 going around the horse shoe

As someone who lives in Orange County and flies out of lax, I couldn’t agree with you more. The horseshoe is unforgiving if you miss the turn for your garage (if you can even get a spot), forcing you to traverse the whole horseshoe again. All the lines for coffee and food is always long so I end up getting a pre-made sandwich at a Hudson shop. The only reason I’d pick lax over John Wayne airport or Ontario international is because lax has the most flight options (non stop flights) and are usually cheaper.

I've flown out of LAX 3 times this year and haven't had bad experiences. It's really not bad (:

0:26 I think you got them reversed. Top is departure and bottom is arrival.

LAX = Long awful experience

Last year when I was on a layover at LAX we traveled in the domestic terminal and then we realized that we had to make it to the international terminal in order to make it to South Korea, we were completely lost until we asked an airport staffer. She asked us to go through underground tunnel that is a mile long. It was exhausting. The most absurd part is that we had to go to some sort of basement that had construction going on and go through this elevator with multiple floors. We essentially had Gamble and choose which floor is the correct one. Thank goodness it’s the right one. We then have to travel through more tunnels and overpasses with multiple pathways we had to choose. Finally we are at are at the international terminal to spend and hour finding our gate. Thank god the LAX staff were helpful because if not, we would have been stranded in Los Angeles.

Thank you for this Chris. We land in LAX on August 1st & have a 7 hr layover before we fly to Seattle. Nice to know how long it is going to take to get through Customs/Security. We will try & stay longer at international terminal if there is more space. We may even walk to In&out. Very good information.

We always use the Flyaway out of Van Nuys. It has never let us down.

Love your videos! One thing I was gonna say is that a celeb walked right behind you and I think you didn’t notice 😆 Jojo Siwa, she looked in the camera too! How cool 😎 at around the 6.00 mark of the video she appears

JOJO SIWA IN THE BACKGROUND IS CRAZY BRO

Chris, few tips: 1. The G line Aviation shuttle is probably the best shuttle at LAX, its supposed to run every 7 minutes, 24/7. It's usually around ever 10=12 minutes; because it is a LAX shuttle it gets to use the priority bus lane in arrivals which has almost 0 traffic, never takes more than 8-9 minutes to go from T1-T7 in that lane. 2. T7 (United) and at a stretch T6 (Alaska) is pretty fast to get to, just take the shortcut right after T1 either upstairs or downstairs. 3. Depending on the time of day, it is much faster to go to arrivals in the morning (downstairs) and departures during the evening (upstairs) regardless of if you're actually arriving or departing. Each terminal has 3 or 4 escalators/elevators to switch between arrivals and departures.

When I visited LA back in 2012, it was my first time flying outside of Norway, and to be honest, I actually found the transit at Newark airport to be way more stressfull. Mainly cause I struggled to find the right gate, and each employee I asked, gave me different directions. Also, I guess I was lucky with my timing, cause the lines at LAX were way shorter than those at Newark.. I'll definitely keep your tips from this video in mind tho, if I get a chance to visit again in the future :)

Great video Chris. Next time I'm stuck at LAX I'm for sure going to go to that in n out.

As a European I think LAX is one of the coolest places to visit There's more excitement to it than negative

I must add, nice and chill gate areas with great food options, seating, tables, and charging areas for your devices. I traveled domestic with 3 kids, bathrooms were clean, water dispensers, shops, no complaints. Security was a breeze.

The undisputed LA and San Diego MASTER. Your videos helped immensely with our trip to these cities- love your content- thank you!

If you use the skycap wheelchair service, and you’re going to the international terminal. You’re subject to a second security screening. Been there, done that. You don’t have the option of going through the long tunnel if you use the skycap wheelchair service.

Nice timelapse footage! I hate LAX so much that I always prefer road trips instead. Fly to Las Vegas (30 mins to get to airport, 1 hour ahead of time, 1 hour flight, 1 hour to get to Strip, or drive four hours.) And I live 3 miles away

Awesome video! I'd also add the airports in San Diego, Palm Springs, and Santa Barbara, as the odd good deal can be found sometimes and L.A. can still be a great 2-3 day side trip from any of those cities.

One minor correction: the upper level is for departures, and the lower level is for arrivals. Other than that, yeah, LAX can either be a nightmare to navigate or (if you get super lucky and know your way around) smooth-ish.

I use LAX at least every other month and never seem to have many problems or hassles. Quick in and out. I guess im just lucky. Still prefer LAX over any other SoCal airport for the connections

Just flew in and out of LAX and it wasn't bad, but I chose to fly on Tuesdays in January for just that reason-and with a good price. PS, had to change my flight the day before on United economy and they charged me all of 30 cents. I was shocked. I am hoping the People Mover and the CONRAC car rental facility will make things easier and should ease up on the horseshoe jam. I asked my shuttle driver if he will lose his job. He just threw his hands up. Last summer I found it cheaper to fly into Vegas and rent a car there and drive to LA. Summertime both flight and rental in Vegas were half the price of LA. Saved almost $1000. Keep them coming, the vids are full of useful info. Thanks.

Awesome job Chris.

I think we can blame the cars waiting in the unloading area that think they can park there for 15 to 20 min. No police are in force of the pick up areas.

I would say I’ve flown into or out of LAX about a 100 times in my life, and watching your video makes me feel that I’ve been astoundingly lucky. I have encountered the kind of traffic you’re describing around the loop, but maybe ten percent of the time. My usual routine means LAX is the destination, not a transfer spot, and I usually walk right out of the terminal to the Flyaway buses, which are inexpensive and frequent, and I’m usually on my way out of the airport and onto the 405 in a short amount of time. 🤷‍♂️

Hi Chris I'm a big fan,your attention to detail, knowledge and enthusiasm are second to none.

I always just take the parking spot shuttle to the Sepulveda location to go to In N out next door for burgers and plane spotting, I tip them a buck and they never question it, and its way less walking required.

Yes, fly from San Diego or Orange County if you're anywhere near there. San Diego has flights to London, Tokyo, Munich and several Canadian cities.

TBH, One of the biggest annoyances at LAX is trying to connect International to International. In most world airports, you can stay airside but not at US Airports. You have to go through US Immigration and customs even if you are leaving LAX on another International flight within a few hours. Foreign visitors also need an ESTA or Visa for the USA even if we have no intention of staying in the US and are just connecting International to International. It is crazy!

The bottom level is for Arrivals and the top level is for Departures.

I just started working at LAX a week ago and watching this video was fun to watch.

I will see it for myself soon as I am flying into LAX. Thanks Chris.

I am from Canada and I found LAX Domestic Wing Airport very calming than the Vancouver Domestic Wing Airport. I had extreme anxiety on times I flew out of Vancouver, I had extreme anxiety. However this before Covid. I haven't traveled since.

The good thing is that most of the negative issues regarding LAX will be fixed in a couple of years. All the terminals are getting renovated and/or expanded All the terminals will finally be connected behind security. The People Mover will make accessing the airport more convenient LAX will add three new terminals/concourses: Concourse 0, terminal 9, and an addition to the relatively new Mid Field West terminal. They arw also adding significant amount of landscape greenery within the horseshoe and possibly a water feature too. Everything should be ready by the 2028 Olympics except for the new terminal 9.

Here's a tip. If you do premium ride-share(the more expensive ones like Uber black or alto) they will pick you up from the terminal you won't have to take this shuttle to LAX-IT.

Whenever we fly out of LAX we use the LAX Flyaway out of Union Station. Parking is $8 a day and the bus ride per passenger one way costs just under $10.

I don't know why, but the thumbnail and the title tells me this video is going to blow up. But to comment, aside from the traffic, I honestly don't think LAX is that bad. I've flown out of there a few times in my life and it's been quite enjoyable. Though for me, it's just the thrill of riding an airplane that makes the whole travel experience awesome!

I very much disagree. You don't have to do the whole horseshoe. Stay in the left lane and cut across to your terminal. This is a very busy airport and not as congested as he says. Usually, everyone is polite when driving, dropping or picking up their passanger. No one is honking their hornes, speeding or being disrespectful. I go to the airport often and I find it to be quite the opposite of his experience.

Was that Jojo Siwa in the pink after the luggage carts? Accidental celeb sighting

LAX In-&-Out is the best!!

To get out of horseshoe, you have to be in a rare crazy traffic situation for an hour delay. Usually it will be 15-20 mins to drive around the entire horseshoe , make sure you keep left and do not take the parking entrances (which again are on the left lane). For departure flights, pls add an hour to what it usually be for other airports. Traffic is bad at the horseshoe section just in front of TBIT, and i have been dropped in front of domestic terminals. From there you have to walk to TBIT. Also, the security lines can go really long in no time. so pls make sure you have ample time for such unforeseen events.

My number one complaint, the Metro drops you off a mile from the Terminals. Go to Paris or London and you haven’t multiple mass transit options, in the terminals. Means you pay for parking and fight the traffic or get a taxi/Lyft and fight the traffic. Either one truly sucks.

My mum and i stayed in L.A in 1996 when we arrived into LAX we looked at each other and wondered what we had come into,LAX was cold,grey and very depressing,and L.A looked so desolate we thought we'd made a big mistke holidaying in L.A luckily once we got up the road some way things perked up and L.A became much nicer.We stayed at the Sheraton Anaheim hotel which was beautiful.I would love to see you do a review of that hotel Thanking You Hazel from the UK

I stayed at the Hyatt at LAX and walked to In N Out for dinner and did some evening plane spotting.

Correction...... Top level is for departures and Bottom level is arrivals

I haven't been to Los Angeles since 2016 and just recently took a trip to LA in May and realized the rental car shuttles now drop you off downstairs at Arrivals instead of upstairs at Departures so you'll need to catch an elevator or escalator upstairs to check in for your flight. I guess that's one way of eliminating some of the traffic upstairs at Departures.

LAX not being designed for the number of people it currently handles of not being able to handle connection/transits easily really goes to show how short-sighted the airport's builders were. Great video, though!

Hi Chris! Very well said. On point as usual. I have been flying in and out of LA for thirty years, and I try really hard NOT to do LAX! LOL! But sometimes you have to. Thank you so much! Enjoy your week. CAB😍

Chris, a really good video and some great advice. I fly in and out 6 times a year internationally and LAX has really gone downhill. TSA leave a lot to be desired and at best 20 minutes to get through but usually an hour - it is the pits. I feel sorry for all the thousands who are going to come over for the Olympics they will quickly realise how poorly managed the TSA is at LAX and as for the horseshoe don’t get me started allow yourselves an hour. Keep up the good work.

I’m from the east coast (NYC) but have family in LA and I fly out to there often. I’ve had quite a few close calls in missing flights because of the insane traffic. It’s nerve racking. Learnt my lesson and I leave for the airport extra early.

So my wife and I connected through LAX for the first time. We were expecting the worst. We hate all things LA. However, we found the airport worked extremely friendly. They helped direct us on buses from the Delta terminal, to the AMEX lounge in the International one. Everyone was more than helpful and most of all, asked us for help, before we even asked them. We came in expecting the worst, and had a pretty good experience.

This is probably why we’re driving from Montana to California staying in Vegas 1 night at treasure Island and going to my grandmas house in Temecula so excited

Have flown in and out of LAX since 1973, have picked up and dropped off, and have never had any problems. Smooth. When the people mover is activated later this year. its going to be even smoother. Disagree totally with yellow.

Also all the rental car locations are off property so you have to catch a shuttle. However they are building a consolidated car rental facility which will be connected by the new Peoplemover.

LAX Valet Service made my trip to LAX very easy!! No shuttle needed! They meet you directly at the terminal and take you car! I highly recommend it! :)

I’m glad most of my flights are out of Ontario, since I live 20 minutes away from it (Redlands). Very simple loop to hit the terminals. Southwest is the busiest terminal there, but it’s still an in and out operation with police there to monitor the traffic flow. Check in and TSA process is mostly smooth. Not a lot of food options apart from a Carl’s Jr. but with short wait times for arrivals, it’s not a dealbreaker. And of course, parking is a lot cheaper, but most times I only need to be dropped off and picked up. Seems like LAX is only worth using for international travel, but if San Bernardino Int’l starts getting more domestic and international airlines, I may save a trip to LAX.

Last week was the first time using the LAX-it bus to catch an Uber. Traffic is still horrible 🤔 also a few years ago i parked at lot C and got a parking ticket for No front License Plate 🤬 Long Beach is my Alternative 🤗 and would pay a little extra to not travel thru LAX 🤣

LAX, the Livid Abysmal eXperience.

Pro tip about flying into LA: you don’t necessarily need to use LAX. Depending on where you are staying in the greater LA/Orange/Riverside area, one of the smaller airports would be far more convenient. Going to Disneyland? Fly into John Wayne. Hollywood and the Valley? Burbank. Long Beach, Ontario, San Bernardino: all could be better choices to fly into. I actually met a family visiting La Jolla who flew in through LAX not realizing there was an international airport in downtown San Diego. Travel Smart.

Hyatt House/Hyatt Place was amazing! We stayed there this week. The room was super clean. The beds were comfortable. And best of all a full breakfast free of charge in the morning! I paid 283 for a suite with a kitchen, dining area, living room with a couch that turns into a bed and a bedroom with two queen beds. I wish you could share pictures because this hotel was fabulous. We took an Uber to enterprise and then our first stop was Randy’s donuts! Oh my gosh I still dream of these and it’s been a week!

You can park at metro green line for only $3 a day. But you can only pay up too 3 days. And yes take a shuttle from green line station to LAX. You can also use the same shuttle for remote car Depot.

FYI, TBIT is actually connected airside to T4, which you can stay airside all the way to T8

Thank you so much! I am picking my brother up there tomorrow at 5:30pm and never been there, I will probably get stuck in the horseshoe! Maybe I will pick up at In n Out instead! Safe Travels😃

lol I definitely got off my friend's car and walked to my terminal. I was running very late, but the clear signage and helpful staff made sure I got there on time. I remember my flight was LAX to Orlando and the difference was stark. Good to know it's getting a people mover from the Metro, but then again, the Metro is not even that convenient to use.

Might be going to LA in the fall but I think I will fly into Burbank instead, might mean more lay over but sounds like a way easier time!

I’ve flowed out of and into LAX all my life, I’ve never been stuck, never taken an hour around the loop, never taken 2 hours to go through the facets as you say. People just don’t do their basic homework. LAX is simple to navigate, it’s a loop…Terminals 1, 2, 3 Bradley (International), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. I’ve seen people come out of Bradley and go wait for a shuttle to go to T3, when T3 is right there next door, a 5 minute walk 😂, so again, most people complicate their lives by not doing their basic homework, then they blame the airport.

TOM BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL is international in its name only. Domestic flights now operate out of Bradley and International flights are in many other terminals as well.

Good job. Then I thought halfway through or so that they rest would be minor. But it kept on delivering useful points. Cool. Then solutions presented at the end, alternatives. Nice.

I’ve also never had problems getting in and out of LAX. No complaints here although it’s not my usual airport when flying to LA area.

It's nearly impossible to grab the rental car shuttle from terminal 7. By the time they reach the end they are full or can barely fit another 3-4 people on the bus. There is no organized line either so depending on where the shuttle driver stops, you could be at the end of the line or the start.

i scanned through the comments and didnt see it, and i apologize if its been brought up, but all the shuttles run by the airport (connection, lax-it, economy lot, metro rail..etc) have a dedicated lane on the arrivals level, so they do not get stuck in traffic

If you want to take a trans Pacific flight, from other domestic flight, the best way is to avoid LAX. For more friendly transit routes via SFO, Seattle, Vancouver for less hassle!

I work at lax passengers shouldn't blame the design get to the airport 3 hours early ... now the parking I understand it's too expensive..... have a friend or family drop you off

I like the airport actually, but I wish there was a way you wouldn’t need to take a bus to connect to terminals 2 and 3 from the other terminals, and that Terminal 1 does not require you to go through security again.

Unfortunately for me, I use LAX for both leisure and occasionally business trips. LAX’s horseshoe, LAX IT (rideshare area), and lack of direct public transportation are reasons to avoid the airport. Just about the only saving grace are the proximity of the airport hotels though parking there is ridiculously expensive. I have flown into DFW many times and always impressed with the sky link with quick access to the terminals. That is real progress. LAX can never have that unless they tear down the whole airport and start from scratch.

We are getting around to fixing this up. We are getting a people mover in the next couple of years, which will further reduce the traffic. We are also getting airside connectors for the terminals too

BTW, you have it backwards. The lower level is for arrivals and the upper is for departures.

I've used LAX once (and only once) as port of entry from Asia to connect to my flight to Ontario Airport in CA. That was not a good experience at all trying to navigate from one terminal to another. After that terrible experience, I started using SFO instead as port of entry, which is a much more pleasant airport to navigate because of the air-train.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is God sent information 👍🥰👏

Come on. It isn't that bad. "it can often take one hour to go around the airport loop?" When was that? Did someone get hit by a car, and it took them an hour to pick up all the body parts? Things are improving. The terminal footprint area is relatively small, and the airport needs to deal with decisions that were made going back to the 1950's. You can't blame that on airport management.

how did you get the radio signals from both the planes and the atc towers? It's really cool

add a monorail drop off from some new parking deck rite

For me, THey made us go on the plane which was gonna be a 15 hour flight. aftrr an hour of nothing they told us to get off the plane and find a new flight. This was a problem since we had a connection flight and didnt live in the US, so we had to stay an extra 2 days in Los Angeles just to find a flight back home.

LAXit is a total nightmare. Never again! Great video by the way. This is my home airport and you nailed the long list of reasons this airport is awful.

Nice time-lapse footage 👍

I live not far from LAX and always take and pick up family members. Not bad, unless it’s a holiday weekend.

I'm from Santa Monica and at first the LAXit was a pain, but overall I don't mind LAX. 🤷‍♀️

Credit is due to Delta Airlines for a multi-year refurbishment of Terminals 2 and 3. The T3 portion opened this spring and though I haven't been there yet, the pictures online suggest a modern, spacious experience.

The last time I transited through LAX was 2011. It was a terrible experience. I have done everything possible to avoid coming here since. Paying more to fly direct to Japan from San Diego instead of going to LAX is well worth the money.

LAX is my home airport and I quickly realized what a dump it is when I traveled to other airports, the exception being TBIT

The only thing you can do is always book your departing flight from lax as early as possible in the morning and do the TSA pree scream before you come to the airport . If u think 6 am is early than that's why your late .

One other thing you missed is the rude employees especially TSA or immigration. It’s embarrassing they are some of the first representatives of the USA when foreigners land. One hidden gem is being able to Dockweiler beach with a very short drive and it’s usually pretty empty. Great spot for plane spotting

Also, the one thing i hate is HOW LONGGG it takes for a shuttle bus to come JUST like It takes forever to arrive in a terminal and omg I can’t believe how populated it is and dont go to the in in out next to the railway or your eardrums are PLAIN dead

Question if you hire a private town car service to you pick up is that at the LAXit line or is it somewhere else? Going to LA for the first time in October and we don’t land until 9 pm.

That metro station that you took footage of in the video while mentioning "Aviation / LAX" isn't the real "Aviation / LAX" station and is currently not open at the moment. The real "Aviation / LAX" station is at the corner of Imperial and Aviation.