Los Angeles International has 1 tracked project. See what is open, under construction, announced, or still only rumored — with a source beside every claim.
Airport buildsTarget February 2027 (contractor's estimate)
LAWA's 2.25-mile train to the rental-car center and Metro, with its east station serving United's Terminals 7/8. A monument to slipped dates: originally due March 2023, projected finished January 2026 by its lenders' analysts, then posted for October 2026, then early January 2027 — and in late October the contractor's monthly report moved passenger service to February 5, 2027, a month later still. LAWA says no opening date can be confirmed until the contractor finishes final testing, which resumed after four electrical arc blasts during September testing. It's ~99% complete, amid a July lawsuit from the contractor blaming LAWA for the delays and a grand jury report faulting the contractor. Not United's project, but it's the thing that will actually change how you get to a United flight at LAX.
Automated People Mover (T7/T8 station) is the clearest headline at LAX: LAWA's 2.25-mile train to the rental-car center and Metro, with its east station serving United's Terminals 7/8. A monument to slipped dates: originally due March 2023, projected finished January 2026 by its lenders' analysts, then posted for October 2026, then early January 2027 — and in late October the contractor's monthly report moved passenger service to February 5, 2027, a month later still. LAWA says no opening date can be confirmed until the contractor finishes final testing, which resumed after four electrical arc blasts during September testing. It's ~99% complete, amid a July lawsuit from the contractor blaming LAWA for the delays and a grand jury report faulting the contractor. Not United's project, but it's the thing that will actually change how you get to a United flight at LAX. Across the full list, 0 of 1 project are led or jointly built by United; the rest belong to the airport authority and affect United's operation without being United capital projects.
Quiet on United's side — its $573M Terminal 7/8 rebuild wrapped back in 2019, and LAX isn't on United's 2026 club list. What's moving here is LAWA's.
Is the LAX tower still on paper?
The FAA tracker currently labels LAX live on electronic flight strips.
The tower rollout is tracked separately from United's terminal and club construction.
1 project is tracked at LAX: Automated People Mover (T7/T8 station). Each item is labeled by current status and by whether United or the airport authority is doing the work.
How many active United projects are at LAX?
1 project is under construction or announced, 0 are already open, and the remaining items are explicitly labeled if they are only rumored.
Which United project at LAX has a published timeline?
Automated People Mover (T7/T8 station) carries a published target of February 2027 (contractor's estimate). It remains labeled under construction until a source confirms that it opened.