ESTA vs US Visa 2026: Who Needs Which, Timing and the Official Site
ESTA vs US visa in 2026: which one your passport needs, the $40 ESTA and $185 visa fees, realistic wait times, and the only official sites to apply on.
Airport serving Los Angeles, California, United States.
Scheduled and expected times, terminals, gates and status at LAX, from an hour ago to about eleven hours ahead, in local time. It loads when you ask for it.
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Source: AeroDataBox, updated about every ten minutes. For your gate, the airline's app and the airport screens have the final word.
We have route data for 1 airport so far, so this list is not complete.
ESTA vs US visa in 2026: which one your passport needs, the $40 ESTA and $185 visa fees, realistic wait times, and the only official sites to apply on.
A safe LAX international layover is 2 hours on one ticket, 3 if you change terminals or book separately. Here's why, terminal by terminal.
Westbound flights take longer because they fly into the jet stream's headwinds. See how it works, real route times, and when the gap is biggest.
Closest airport to the Long Beach cruise terminal is LGB, about 6 miles away. Compare LGB, LAX and SNA drive times, costs and shuttles.
Closest airport to the Port of Los Angeles cruise terminal in San Pedro: Long Beach (LGB) at about 14–15 miles. How LAX, SNA, BUR and ONT compare.
Los Angeles International is about 19 km (12 miles) from the centre of Los Angeles in a straight line. The trip by road is longer, and how long it takes depends on traffic and the transport you use.
Within 150 km of Los Angeles International: Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR, 7 km), Long Beach Airport (LGB, 28 km) and Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport (BUR, 29 km), and 5 more.
Los Angeles International is in the America/Los Angeles time zone. The current local time is shown at the top of this page.