# Los Angeles | International Airport LAX | Expansion **URL:** \ **Category:** Under Construction\ **Created:** [January 2, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905 "2022-01-02T19:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/21 "2023-04-22T13:35:48Z")
> **[LA City Council Considering $30 Minimum Wage For LAX Airport And Hotels -...](https://viewfromthewing.com/la-city-council-considering-30-minimum-wage-for-lax-airport-and-hotels/)** > > Here's why minimum wage advocates focus on airports for the highest wages (and why similar logical might apply at hotels, too). > **[A glimpse inside the new LAX/Metro Transit Center station](https://la.urbanize.city/post/glimpse-inside-new-laxmetro-transit-center-station)** > > A half-year since our last update, the steel frame of the massive LAX/Metro Transit Center station is rapidly coming together at the intersection of Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street in Westchester. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/22 "2023-05-29T22:33:01Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/b/ebf05cef2f73b8edb5deec6c2cf306cd345e4440.jpeg "LAX/Metro Transit Center Station CONRAC Construction Update May 2023") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfFIoL_qkH8) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/3/b35ac4db4c9044e18911767503a93d44e7493d3b.jpeg "LAX Airport $2 Billion People Mover Train | Construction Update") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dUQ4vkIZl8) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/5/25b761bcf2247205a3f57352c6eb00e5619fa449.jpeg "LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal Core Construction Update") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIEJTCnFYF4) ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/23 "2023-06-04T19:31:42Z")
> **[$30 Billion Of Improvements: A Look At Los Angeles International Airport's...](https://simpleflying.com/los-angeles-international-airport-upgrade-plans/)** > > LAX is getting ready for the 2028 Olympic Games. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/24 "2023-06-06T18:02:15Z")
> **[Take a flythrough tour of the future LAX Terminal 9](https://la.urbanize.city/post/take-flythrough-tour-future-lax-terminal-9)** > > At an industry forum held in the spring, LAWA officials offered a closer look at the centerpiece of a $6-billion plan to expand LAX's passenger capacity: Terminal 9. ---
**Author:** ![MarshallKnight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/marshallknight/32/40545_2.png) [@MarshallKnight](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/MarshallKnight)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/25 "2023-06-06T18:36:25Z")
Should be pretty epic. Considering this was always the plan, I don’t understand why they didn’t just build the Terminal 9 people mover station now. Shutting the APM down for who knows how long in order to build an infill station is just bad planning. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/26 "2023-06-11T15:25:07Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/f/ef75d07f56a71f1a8904ae0bbe8169c2328a14ba.jpeg "LAX Airport Construction $1.9 Billion Delta Sky Way Update") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUIKV8X4D1k) ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/27 "2023-06-18T16:44:02Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/0/60d57a3ae5ca338734bbad60bf793860cbd2aa2e.jpeg "LAX $1.6 Billion American Airlines Terminal 4 Demolition Construction Update") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7TeyNVCmCM) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/3/b35ac4db4c9044e18911767503a93d44e7493d3b.jpeg "LAX Airport $2 Billion People Mover Train | Construction Update") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_qq7lp3RM) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/28 "2023-07-07T21:32:43Z")
> **[LAWA CELEBRATES THE GROUNDBREAKING OF LAX’S MIDFIELD SATELLITE CONCOURSE SOUTH...](https://www.lawa.org/news-releases/2023/news-release-021)** > > For Immediate Release June 28, 2023 # LAWA CELEBRATES THE GROUNDBREAKING OF LAX’S MIDFIELD SATELLITE CONCOURSE SOUTH ###### 06/28/2023 02:45 PM ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/5/751bf1414d170dce000c404ee268f0c934821d22.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/4/64074c9bd2f1d9d9ff1961d867f24b939cf145ae.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/29 "2023-09-25T19:49:04Z")
> **[New photos of LAX/Metro Transit Connector station construction!](https://thesource.metro.net/2023/09/22/new-photos-of-lax-metro-transit-connector-station-construction/)** > > Construction of our LAX/Metro Transit Center station is humming along and we have some fresh pics above and below. If you’re new to the project, the station is located near Aviation Boulevard… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/8/487161b192d975069bde9c654b57e4d3a3fc36bd.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/5/b5d4ab0f01fcc126b3e9376dba4b2b822ac9912b.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/1/61d8d1b335cea87543ee7e4776671752d942e6ae.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/7/1735986eed588685b27a86883ac67ef0db13d2b3.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/b/cbbf518ea22b7c32592faa0a5ef6056b6cd94329.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/30 "2023-11-03T02:50:36Z")
> **[LAWA Official Site | News Release | October 4, 2023](https://www.lawa.org/news-releases/2023/news-release-038)** > > LAX News Releases Now you can walk through each of the terminals post-security (a two-mile hike from end to end). ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/9/79f7e956b5bce8cad194a473c845460d1efadf3b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![GentriVacation](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/gentrivacation/32/8324_2.png) [@GentriVacation](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/GentriVacation)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/31 "2023-11-03T17:07:37Z")
They’d never get security clearance for this, but it would be kinda fun to do a 10k that loops back and forth through the terminals. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/32 "2023-12-15T18:47:50Z")
> **[Here's a look at LAX's new ground transportation hubs](https://la.urbanize.city/post/heres-look-laxs-new-ground-transportation-hubs)** > > For the past four years, workers have toiled away on an automated people mover system which will connect the LAX central terminal area to a new consolidated rental car facility and a more than $900-million Metro Rail station. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/33 "2024-01-04T21:48:54Z")
> **[LAX Midfield Satellite Concourse South expansion starts to take shape](https://la.urbanize.city/post/lax-midfield-satellite-concourse-south-expansion-starts-take-shape)** > > Six months after breaking ground, work is progressing slowly for the LAX Midfield Satellite Concourse South project, which adds new capacity to the recently-completed West Gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/34 "2024-01-09T03:10:32Z")
> > > ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/35 "2024-01-14T17:53:34Z")
I wonder how long until completion. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/36 "2024-01-29T19:08:36Z")
Completion is likely to be delayed until 2025. > > > numble @numble ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/37 "2024-03-26T18:24:17Z")
This project to build an AirTrain keeps getting delayed again and again. This is extremely embarrassing and shameful. > > > numble @numble ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/38 "2024-04-25T03:49:28Z")
> **[Prepare For Confusion: LAX to Renumber Terminals & Gates in Major Overhaul...](https://viewfromthewing.com/prepare-for-confusion-lax-to-renumber-terminals-gates-in-major-overhaul/)** > > Los Angeles International Airport is planning to change the numbers of its terminals and also rename its gates. Terminal 3 will be a different terminal than the current terminal 3. They're going to call the planned future terminal 9... terminal 8.... ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/39 "2024-05-03T14:30:27Z")
“Innovative”? > ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905/40 "2024-09-09T17:17:05Z")
> **[LAX Shifts Terminal Expansion Plans To Infrastructure Modernization As...](https://simpleflying.com/lax-terminal-expansion-infrastructure-passenger-demand-forecast-drop/)** > > The airport aims to improve the passenger experience instead of making room for more traffic. [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/los-angeles-international-airport-lax-expansion/20905.md?page=3)