Los Angeles World Airports

Los Angeles World Airports
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Los Angeles World Airports or LAWA is the airport oversight and operations department for the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. Its headquarters are on the property of Los Angeles International Airport in Westchester, Los Angeles.[1]

This department owns and operates three airports:

It also owns the dormant terminal of LA/Palmdale Regional Airport (though the United States Air Force's Plant 42 still owns the airport).

LAWA also runs the FlyAway Bus service, which operates four shuttles between LAX and Van Nuys Airport, Los Angeles Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, the University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood Village, west LA, and the Irvine Transportation Center in Orange County, California.

LAWA is a branch of the city of Los Angeles, also known as the Department of Airports, and is governed by a seven-member airport commissioners board. This board is appointed by the mayor of Los Angeles and approved by Los Angeles City Council.[2] LAWA employs close to 2,500 empolyees who work for the three airports under its control.

Revenues are collected from aircraft landing fees in addition to leases and concession fees from airport tenants. Expenditures include runway and building maintenance fees, capital improvements and administrative expenses.

LAWA maintains its own police department, the Los Angeles Airport Police[3] (sometimes referred to as "LAWAPD" or LAXPD"). The LAWAPD is the fourth largest law enforcement agency in Los Angeles County, with more than 1100 law enforcement, security and staff personnel. The LAWAPD has patrolled jointly with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) since the opening of the current terminal area in 1961. In 2002, then-mayor James Hahn assigned additional LAPD officers to LAX to provide armed law enforcement officer coverage at passenger screening stations. Those officers are trained by LAWAPD officers to perform this function. They are assigned on an overtime basis, with LAWA reimbursing LAPD and, in turn, receiving substantial reimbursement from the Transportation Security Administration.

On 9 July 2010, LAWA received the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce’s Sustainability Award, after a $737 million renovation of its Tom Bradley International Terminal.[4]

References

  1. ^ "About LAWA." Los Angeles World Airports. Retrieved on September 28, 2011. "Los Angeles International Airport 1 World Way, Los Angeles, CA 90045"
  2. ^ Los Angeles World Airports
  3. ^ Los Angeles Airport Police
  4. ^ Los Angeles World Airports receives Sustainability Award

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