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Los Angeles International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in the Greater Los Angeles Area and the state of California, the second busiest airport in the United States, as well as one of the largest international airports in the world. It is the only airport in the world to serve as a hub for five major airlines.Los Angeles Airport is most often referred to by its IATA airport code (and FAA LID) LAX, with the letters pronounced individually.LAX is in the southwestern Los Angeles area along the Pacific Ocean between the neighborhood of Westchester to its immediate north, the city of El Segundo to its immediate south and the city of Inglewood its immediate east. It is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, an agency of the government of Los Angeles, formerly known as the Department of Airports.In 2016, LAX handled 80,921,527 passengers, an increase of 8% from the previous year, making it the world's fourth busiest airport by passenger traffic, and country's third busiest after O'Hare in Chicago and Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta. The airport holds the claim for "the world's busiest origin and destination (O & D) airport," and has for many years.