Aviation/LAX station

{{Short description|Light rail station in Los Angeles, California}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail

| name = Aviation/LAX

| symbol_location = losangeles

| symbol = C

| image = Aviation LAX station platform, November 2024.jpg

| image_caption = Aviation/LAX station platform, 2024

| address = 11500 Aviation Boulevard

| borough = Los Angeles, California

| coordinates = {{coord|33.9298|-118.3784|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

| platform = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections = See Connections section

| structure = Elevated

| parking = 435 spaces{{Cite web |title=Metro Parking Lots by Line |url=https://www.metro.net/riding/parking/lotsbyline/ |access-date=November 5, 2021 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |language=en-US |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810121559/https://www.metro.net/riding/parking/lotsbyline/ |url-status=live }}

| bicycle = Racks and lockers{{Cite web |title=Secure Bike Parking on Metro |url=https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf |access-date=November 5, 2021 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |language=en-US |archive-date=September 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906210731/https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf |url-status=dead }}

| accessible = yes

| status =

| opened = {{Start date|1995|08|12}}

| former = {{Unbulleted list

| Aviation Blvd/I-105 (1995–2000){{Cite web |last=Allah |first=Salaam |date=March 12, 2005 |title=Image showing Aviation Blvd/I-105 sign |url=https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?86101 |access-date=November 13, 2021 |website=www.nycsubway.org |archive-date=November 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113015553/https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?86101 |url-status=live }}

| Aviation (2000–2003)

}}

| pass_year = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}

| passengers = {{LAMetro Ridership|Aviation/Imperial}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=C|left=Aviation/Century|right=Hawthorne/Lennox}}

| other_services_header = Future services

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=C|left=Aviation/Century|right=Hawthorne/Lennox|to-left=LAX/Metro Transit Center}}

| other_services2_header = Former services

| other_services2_collapsible = yes

| other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=C|left=Mariposa|to-left=Redondo Beach|right=Hawthorne/Lennox}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Aviation/LAX station is an elevated light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located over Aviation Boulevard, after which the station is named, near its intersection with Imperial Highway and south of Century Freeway in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles, California and immediately adjacent to the Del Aire neighborhood.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st06_ca/place/p0644000_los_angeles/DC20BLK_P0644000.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Los Angeles city, CA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2023-03-17|page=54 (PDF p. 55/72)|archive-date=February 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225143017/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st06_ca/place/p0644000_los_angeles/DC20BLK_P0644000.pdf|url-status=live}} - Compare the census map to the location of the station. It opened as part of the Green Line on August 12, 1995.{{cite news |date=August 12, 1995 |title=Green Light for the Green Line |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/127346949/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |page=334 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=}} {{free access}} The station was initially named Aviation Blvd/I-105, but in 2003, it was renamed Aviation/LAX to highlight its proximity to Los Angeles International Airport.{{Cite web |date=August 21, 2003 |title=August 2003 Board Meeting - Item 10 |url=https://boardarchives.metro.net/Items/2003/08_August/11007555.pdf |access-date=March 16, 2024 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=4}}

A free LAX Shuttle bus connects this station to the airport. However, when the K Line fully opens in 2025, the shuttle will cease operation, since people headed to and from the airport will be able to use the new LAX/Metro Transit Center station instead.{{Cite web |last=Hymon |first=Steve |date=June 18, 2018 |title=Report explains operating plan for Crenshaw/LAX Line and Green Line |url=http://thesource.metro.net/2018/06/18/report-explains-operating-plan-for-crenshaw-lax-line-and-green-line/ |access-date=August 24, 2018 |website=The Source |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823211033/http://thesource.metro.net/2018/06/18/report-explains-operating-plan-for-crenshaw-lax-line-and-green-line/ |url-status=live }} This station will then be renamed Aviation/Imperial station.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-30 |title=Take our new survey on the C and K Line operating plan! |url=https://thesource.metro.net/2023/03/30/take-our-new-survey-on-the-c-and-k-line-operating-plan/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=The Source |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |language=en-US}}

The train platform, currently suitable for two-car trains, is planned to be lengthened by 2028 to accommodate longer three-car trains.{{Cite news |last=Sharp |first=Steven |date=January 14, 2020 |title=Metro Seeks State Funds to Extend Green Line Platforms |language=en |work=Urbanize Los Angeles |url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/metro-seeks-state-funds-extend-green-line-platforms |access-date=April 7, 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Steven |first=Sharp |date=April 25, 2023 |title=State awards more funding for L.A. area transportation projects |work=Urbanize Los Angeles |url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/state-awards-more-funding-la-area-transportation-projects |access-date=April 25, 2023}}