About

LAX's Airfield and Terminal Modernization Project, or ATMP, underscores how LAWA is making the most of LAX’s existing footprint by optimizing how it uses the airport's current property. Overall, the ATMP will elevate passengers' experience, improve the community's experience, enhance airfield safety and increase economic opportunities for local, diverse and small businesses. The project's Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) was released in August 2021 and was certified by the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners in October 2021.

Airfield Improvements
The project's airfield improvements are focused on enhancing runway exists to further bolster safety. They extend Taxiway D west to help better manage airfield operations and incorporate improvements to Taxiways C and D for access to new concourse and terminal facilities. Additionally, Airfield Improvements:

• Reconfigure taxiways and runways to meet current Federal Aviation Administration design standards
• Improve runway exit configurations to enhance pilot visibility
• Decommission taxiways that cross the runway's “high-energy zone”
• Relocate vehicle service roads for even greater safety and efficiency

Terminal Improvements
Terminal improvements include the creation of two new ground-up facilities: Terminal 9 and Concourse 0. Concourse 0 will feature:

• Direct connection to Terminal 1 and its ticketing operations
• Approximately 665,000 square feet and 3-levels of new construction
• 9 narrowbody (4 widebody) gates, creating 22 total gates across Concourse 0 and Terminal 1
• A new Terminal Vertical Core that creates a direct link to the Automated People Mover
• A new domestic and international bus gate
• Domestic baggage claim

Terminal 9 will feature:

• Approximately 1.4 M square feet of terminal building (40% larger than the West Gates)
• Up to 12 widebody or 17 narrowbody gates for domestic and international flights
• 4-level structure with a Headhouse, departures/check-in hall, security screening, landside and airside concessions, club and lounge space, terrace, and domestic and international baggage claim
• 2 levels of parking and new roads
• A new, dedicated APM station

Landside Improvements
As part of the project's landside improvements initiative, Central Terminal Area access will be enhanced simulatious to the creation of direct access to Terminal 9. These improvements will help reduce congestion on public thoroughfares and neighborhood streets by separating airport traffic from local traffic on an elevated roadway system. A new Automated People Mover station will be built to provide access to Terminal 9, while a pedestrian corridor over Sepulveda Boulevard between Terminals 8 and 9 will be created.