Hollywood Burbank Airport

Hollywood Burbank Airport is a commercial airport serving the northern Los Angeles metropolitan area, located in Burbank, California. It is owned and operated by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, a joint-powers body representing the three cities that share responsibility for the facility. The airport's original buildings opened in 1930, making it one of the older airfields in the region, and it has long functioned as a convenient alternative to Los Angeles International Airport for travelers in the San Fernando Valley and nearby communities. The airport operates 14 gates and serves a mix of domestic carriers, with Alaska Airlines among the airlines using the field. Its route network is oriented toward short- and medium-haul destinations within the western United States, and the facility is also connected to regional rail through the Burbank Airport-North Metrolink station. In October 2026 the airport opened a nearly $1.3 billion replacement passenger terminal, a 355,000-square-foot facility that replaced the previous 232,000-square-foot complex. The project was the culmination of a decades-long effort to replace an aging facility whose proximity to the runways raised longstanding safety concerns. The new terminal, located on the opposite side of the airfield from the existing terminals, retains the airport's 14 gates while adding expanded security screening areas, additional passenger amenities and a new parking structure. Airport access also changed, with the main entrance moving to Winona Avenue and Hollywood Way from its longtime location off Thornton Avenue. The airport positions itself as a convenient, smaller-scale gateway to the Los Angeles region, and the replacement terminal was presented as a modernization of that offering rather than an expansion of capacity. The first flight to depart the new terminal was an Alaska Airlines service to Santa Rosa, which took off around 7 a.m. on opening day.

Hollywood Burbank Airport traces its origins to 1930, when its original buildings opened. Over the following decades the airfield developed into a commercial airport serving the northern Los Angeles metropolitan area, functioning as a smaller, more convenient alternative to Los Angeles International Airport for travelers in the San Fernando Valley and adjacent communities. The airport is governed by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, a joint-powers entity formed by the three cities that share responsibility for the facility. It operates 14 gates and hosts domestic carriers including Alaska Airlines, with a route network oriented toward short- and medium-haul destinations in the western United States. A connection to regional rail is provided by the Burbank Airport-North Metrolink station. For decades the airport operated from a 232,000-square-foot terminal complex whose proximity to the runways raised longstanding safety concerns. Replacing that facility became a multi-decade effort. The culmination came in October 2026, when a nearly $1.3 billion replacement passenger terminal opened to travelers. The new 355,000-square-foot facility was built on the opposite side of the airfield from the existing terminals and retains the airport's 14 gates while offering expanded security screening areas, additional passenger amenities and a new parking structure. The opening brought changes to airport access: the main entrance moved to Winona Avenue and Hollywood Way from its longtime location off Thornton Avenue, valet service moved to the new terminal, Lot E closed permanently, rideshare passengers were directed to a new pickup lot near the terminal, and rental-car customers were to take shuttles to the existing consolidated rental-car facility across Hollywood Way. The Burbank Airport-North Metrolink station was connected to the new terminal by a pedestrian path and on-demand shuttle. Airport officials emphasized that the project was a terminal replacement rather than an expansion. The first departure from the new terminal was an Alaska Airlines flight to Santa Rosa that took off around 7 a.m. on opening day, with the first arrival landing about a half-hour later.

• 2026

  Nearly $1.3 billion, 355,000-square-foot replacement passenger terminal opens; first departure is an Alaska Airlines flight to Santa Rosa.

• 1930

  Original airport buildings open.

A convenient, smaller-scale commercial airport serving the northern Los Angeles area, modernized through a full terminal replacement rather than capacity expansion.

• Replacement passenger terminal

  355,000-square-foot facility with 14 gates, expanded security screening areas, additional passenger amenities and a new parking structure.

• Burbank Airport-North Metrolink connection

  Pedestrian path and on-demand shuttle linking the Metrolink station to the new terminal.

• 2026.10.13

  Reported2026.10.13

  Hollywood Burbank Airport opens nearly $1.3 billion replacement passenger terminal[1]Hollywood Burbank Airport Debuts $1.3B Terminal - MyNewsLA.commynewsla.com

  Hollywood Burbank Airport's nearly $1.3 billion replacement passenger terminal opened to travelers on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, replacing the previous 232,000-square-foot complex with a 355,000-square-foot facility on the opposite side of the airfield. The new terminal retains the airport's 14 gates while adding expanded TSA screening areas, additional passenger amenities and a new parking structure. The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority owns and operates the airport, and an Alaska Airlines flight was the first to depart from the new terminal.

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