Top 10 US airport gateways in foreign passenger arrivals in 2008:
1. JFK with 21,952,364 passengers
2. LAX with 16,153,392 passengers
3. MIA with 15,665,875 passengers
4. ORD with 11,015,251 passengers
5. EWR with 10,923,162 passengers
6. ATL with 9,218,205 passengers
7. SFO with 8,353,143 passengers
8. IAH with 7.577.523 passengers
9. IAD with 5.,978,374 passengers
10. DFW with 4,828,654 passengers


In 2010 around 8 million passengers at LAX travelled to and from Asia, which makes LAX the number 1 american gateway to Asia.

LAX international destinations in 2011

5 destinations in Canada in 2011:  Calgary - Edmonton - Montréal-Trudeau -  Toronto-Pearson - Vancouver

17 destinations in Mexico in 2011: Aguascalientes - Cancún - Guadalajara - Hermosillo  - Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo - La Paz - León/Bajio  - Loreto - Manzanillo - Mazatlán - Mexico City  - Morelia - Oaxaca - Puerto Vallarta - San José del Cabo - Toluca - Zacatecas
7 other destinations in Latin America (outside Mexico) in 2011: Bogotá - Guatemala City - Panama City - San José de Costa Rica - San Salvador - Santiago de Chile - São Paulo-Guarulhos.

9 European destinations in 2011: Amsterdam - Düsseldorf - Frankfurt - London-Heathrow - Moscow-Sheremetyevo - Munich - Paris-Charles de Gaulle - Rome-Fiumicino - Zürich.

14 Asian destinations in 2011: Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi - Beijing-Capital - Dubai - Guangzhou - Hong Kong - Kuala Lumpur - Manila - Seoul-Incheon - Shanghai-Pudong - Singapore - Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan - Tel Aviv - Tokyo Haneda - Tokyo-Narita

8 destinations in Oceania in 2011: Apia - Auckland - Brisbane - Nadi - Nuku'alofa (Tonga)-  Papeete - Rarotonga - Sydney