LAX terminal changes

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Plans for the change are outlined in a proposal request for a broader project called the LAX Wayfinding Enhancement Program.

What's in the plan: The project calls for transforming how you get around LAX through "world class signage" system that "provides "unifying campus-wide navigation.” And there's more, they're asking the designed to "develop and implement a holistic wayfinding solution that is beyond signage which includes broader concepts of psychology.”

The terminal changes: Some things to get used to: the Tom Bradley International Terminal B will become Terminal 3. Gates will be "renumbered" to letters that go throughout the airport, for example: Terminal 1 will start with A-1 gate and so on.

Keep reading... for more details and a link to the full proposal.

LAX officials plan to change the names and numbers of gates and terminals to make the airport more user friendly, according to planning documents. Those changes are outlined in a request for a proposal to tackle a broader project called the LAX Wayfinding Enhancement Program.

The plans call for transforming how you get around the busy airport — which handles some 88 million passengers each year. That includes updating airport signage “to a world class system and provide a user centered approach to achieving a clear, consistent" system of communication.

The proposal asks that the project designer go "beyond signage" to “develop and implement a holistic wayfinding solution... which includes broader concepts of psychology.”

It's unclear when the project will be completed.

Stay with us here, it's a little confusing.

Here's LAX now:

And here are the proposed changes:

Terminals 4, 5, and 6 would remain the same.

The planned future Terminal 9 would be named Terminal 8.

The proposal also calls for a new gate numbering system.

“The gate renumbering shall be an alphanumeric system consistently airportwide, starting over at each boarding area,” the proposal states.

Read the full request for proposal for this project below or via this link. This document is from the start Board of Airport Commissioners meeting minutes for April 4. Also, check out our full guide to navigating LAX.