Free shuttle bus service is provided to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority - Metro Rail Green Line Aviation Station. If you wish to use this shuttle bus service, please wait under theLAX Shuttle & Airline Connectionsblue sign on the Lower/Arrival Level islands in front of each terminal, and board the "G" Shuttle.
You also can take the "E" Shuttle from the same pick-up point to get to theLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityBus Center, where you can board city buses serving the Los Angeles area. Information on city bus services is available by telephone on the Information Display Board in the baggage claim area in each terminal. In addition, you can obtain local transit information by calling 323 GO METRO or 323 466 3876.
Other public bus authorities serving LAX areCulver City Bus Lines,Santa Monica Big Blue Bus, andTorrance Transit. (Click on each bus line name for contact information.) You can pick up these buses at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bus Center in Economy Lot E.
To plan a trip using public transportation,click hereto access the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority's Trip Planner Service.
Rental Cars
Approximately 40 rental car companies operate out of LAX, with vehicle rental sites located off the airport. Many of these rental car companies provide phone links inside the Lower/Arrival Level area of the terminals so you can request a shuttle pick up to reach the rental car sites.
Ten rental car companies are permitted to pick-up and drop-off their customers directly from the airline terminals using courtesy shuttles. These are the following companies:
- Advantage
- Alamo
- Avis
- Budget
- Dollar
- Enterprise
- Hertz
- Fox/Payless
- National
- Thrifty
These companies are allowed to meet arriving customers under the purple sign "Rental Car Shuttles" on the Lower/Arrival level islands outside baggage claim.
Customers of other rental car companies should contact their rental car companies of choice using the Ground Transportation Telephone Boards in baggage claim areas of each terminal to arrange for pick-up.
These customers will use the free LAX Shuttle Bus to reach the Off-Airport Rental Car Terminal to meet their rental car courtesy shuttle. Customers should meet the LAX Shuttle Bus "Economy Lot E" on the Lower/Arrivals level island under the sign for LAX Shuttle to travel to the rental car terminal.
Click on the following for a list of rental car companies serving LAX.
[Rental car companies serving LAX]
Scheduled Buses
The following scheduled buses provide service from LAX to various parts of Los Angeles and some surrounding regions. You are encouraged to contact the companies first for more information. These buses pick up passengers on the Lower/Arrival Level islands in front of each terminal under the green signBuses & Long Distance Vans.
Click on each company name in this list for contact information.
- Airport Bus- Travels to Pasadena (home of the Rose Bowl and Rose Parade), about 28 miles (45 kilometers) northeast of LAX; to Anaheim (where Disneyland is located), about 32 miles (51 kilometers) southeast of LAX; and to Buena Park (where Knott's Berry Farm is located), approximately 28 miles (45 kilometers) southeast of LAX.
- Airport Bus of Bakersfield- Travels to Bakersfield, located about a two hours' drive north of Los Angeles.
- Antelope Valley Airport Express- Travels to Newhall, Palmdale and Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, with Lancaster (the furthest location) approximately 75 miles (121 kilometers) north of LAX.
- Metropolitan Express- Travels to downtown Los Angeles and to Union Station, about 19 miles (31 kilometers) northeast of LAX.
- Santa Barbara Airbus- Travels to Santa Barbara, plus nearby Goleta and Carpinteria. The drive to these areas (located northwest of LAX, along the sea coast) from the airport usually takes between one and a half to two hours.
- Ventura County Airporter- Travels to Ventura and Oxnard, on the sea coast about one hour to one hour and a half northwest of LAX.
Shared Ride Vans
Two shared ride van companies,Prime Time ShuttleandSuperShuttle, operate out of LAX and are authorized to serve all Southern California counties. You are encouraged to contact the companies first for more information. (Click on the company names above for contact information.) These vans pick up passengers on the Lower/Arrival Level islands in front of each terminal under the orange signShared Ride Vans.
Taxis
Taxis can be found curbside on the Lower/Arrival Level islands in front of each terminal under the yellow sign indicatingTaxis. You will be presented with a ticket stating typical fares to major destinations. Only authorized taxis with an official seal issued by City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation on each vehicle are permitted in the airport. It is illegal for any transportation services to solicit fares, and travelers using such services do so at their own risk.
Click on the following for a list of taxi companies serving LAX.
[Taxis serving LAX]
