The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce published a survey in 1926, investigating 13 possible sites to be considered for new airport. One of them was an open field, planted in wheat, barley, and beans, known as the “Inglewood Site”.
Construction began in 1928 to convert the arable ground in the fields into basic dirt landing strips, and it officially opened on October 1,1928. The new airport was established as Los Angeles Municipal Airport, originally known as Mines Field, begins operation. The location had been promoted by real estate agent William W. Mines. The first structure, Hangar No. 1, was erected in 1929 by the Curtiss-Wright company for use as a flight school and to service its small fleet of aircraft.
The next year, the dirt runway was replaced with oiled decomposed granite suitable for year-round operations and two more hangars, a restaurant, office space, and a control tower were built.
A City ordinance in July 1941 officially named the Airport: “Los Angeles Airport”. Commercial airline service begins Los Angeles airport on December 5,1946 with four major airlines: TWA, American, United, and Western (Pan American joined one year later in January 1947) moved from Burbank Airport and Grand Central Airport in Glendale.
The airport is the second busiest in the States for 2021, conveying around 85 million passengers a year through its gates.
History of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
