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Built in the 1930s, Burbank Airport, also known as Hollywood Burbank Airport, and legally Bob Hope Airport is an airport located in Los Angeles, California. The airport facilitates a number of domestic US flights from US carriers, mainly flying to the western US, with a small number of routes to eastern cities in the US such as New York City and Boston.
Excluding international airports, Burbank Airport is one of the more popular airports in the US, due to its closeness to Hollywood and downtown LA. Hollywood Burbank is the closest airport to these areas in all of LA.
Hollywood Burbank Airport has more than 5,000,000 passenger traffic per year.
The airport is currently not a hub for any commercial airlines.
The airport code for Bob Hope Burbank Airport is BUR.
Hollywood Burbank Airport is located just outside of Burbank, Los Angeles, California. It's around a 20–30-minute drive from downtown LA and Hollywood, making it the closest airport in LA to these areas.
There's a great choice of retail, dining and passenger services before and after security at Burbank airport.
Hollywood Burbank Airport currently doesn't have any airport lounges.
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The airport has two runways — runway 15/33 (2,099m x 46m) and runway 8/26 (1,768m x 46m). Due to the wind direction, runway 15/33 is where the majority of planes take off from. Whereas the majority of planes land at runway 8/26 is where the majority of planes land. Runway 8/26 is also the only runway with an Instrument Landing System (ILS).
Hollywood Burbank Airport has one terminal building, which is split into two separate terminals. These are named Terminal A and Terminal B, with the gates inside each terminal numbered A1, A2, A3 etc and B1, B2, B3 etc.
Terminal A is slightly larger than Terminal B, with more gates. Airlines that fly exclusively out of Terminal A include American Airlines, JetBlue and Southwest.
Terminal B is the smaller terminal of the two. Airlines that fly to/from Terminal B include Alaska Airlines, Delta, Spirit and United.
There are currently no airlines based out of Hollywood Burbank Airport. Here's a list of all the airlines that currently fly to/from the airport.
AIRLINE | COUNTRY FROM |
---|---|
Alaska Airlines | USA |
American Airlines | USA |
American Eagle | USA |
Delta & Delta Connection | USA |
JetBlue | USA |
Southwest Airlines | USA |
Spirit Airlines | USA |
United & United Express | USA |
Rank | Destination | Passengers | Airlines |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Oakland, California | 415,810 | Southwest |
2 | San Jose, California | 344,540 | Alaska, Southwest |
3 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 324,210 | Southwest, Spirit |
4 | Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Arizona | 298,810 | American, Southwest |
5 | Sacramento, California | 289,890 | Southwest |
There are a number of car rental companies at Burbank Airport, as well as parking facilities.
The airport can be reached off of interstate 5 and highway 170/134.
The airport can be reached by bus on either the Metro Bus or the BurbankBus.
The Metro Bus connects downtown LA and the surrounding areas with Burbank Airport on bus lines 165, 169 and 222.
Burbank Bus travels between Burbank Airport and Metro-North Hollywood Station on the noho—airport route, which runs all day on weekdays.
Taxis are not flagged down in LA. To get a taxi, you should either get the person(s) in charge of your accommodation to order it or order it yourself from one of the taxi companies listed on Burbank Airport's official website:
The airport can be reached by rail via Bob Hope Airport Train Station. The airport can be reached by either the Ventura County Line on the Metro rail or by the Amtrak Pacific Surfline line on the Amtrak regional rail.