[Music] with the United States preparing to host both the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games Los Angeles International Airport is undergoing one of the largest public work programs in Californian history with new and improved terminals world-class facilities and a long-awaited connection to the city's public transport network this is LA's 14 billion-dollar airport upgrade from its origins as an unpaved landing strip in the 1920s lax has grown into one of the world's largest aviation hubs welcoming eighty eight million passengers and seeing some 690 thousand aircraft movements in 2019 alone but while the airport has consistently ranked among the world's busiest it's also infamous for poor passenger experience and extreme traffic congestion passenger numbers have more than doubled since the hub's last major upgrade ahead of the 1984 Olympics and eyeing a new bid for the game's Los Angeles world airports have embarked on a 21st century overhaul though upgrades to runways and operating systems form a large part of the projects the most noticeable changes for passengers will be updates to each terminal increasing aircraft capacity and improving traveler experience the 1. 9 billion u. s.
dollar redevelopment of the Tom Bradley International Terminal is the clearest example to date with the terminal and concourses rebuilt from scratch the project added one hundred sixteen thousand square meters of space and eighteen new gates nine of which can accommodate wide-bodied aircraft like the a380 the terminal will be joined by a 1. 6 billion US dollar new midfield satellite concourse in 2020 to accommodate projected growth an 11 gate concourse alongside terminal 1 and a new 12 gate terminal mine are already underway and set to be operational by 2028 but while the growth of LAX has put pressure on existing facilities for years it is the congestion in and around the airport which is the biggest headache for travelers with LAX lacking connections to other forms of transport the only way to reach the terminals is via the notorious LAX Horseshoe a 1. 6 kilometre airport loop that often takes over an hour to drive around in peak times the 5.
5 billion USDollar landside access modernization program or lamp was designed to cut traffic in the airport's core at the heart of lamp is the 3.
