
Executive sedan
From $140
Up to 3 passengers and 3 bags
A visitor flying home after a stay near PIH Health Downey Hospital, or two coworkers with roll-aboards.
Downey → LAX · Pickup at your door · TCP 43833-A
A Downey to LAX car service with iRide360 starts at $140 for an executive sedan and $165 for a luxury SUV, at a flat rate set at booking. Downey City Hall is 19.0 miles from the airport on Interstate 105 West: typically 22–28 minutes at 3:30 AM and up to 1 hour 25 minutes at 7 AM, per Google Maps. On the same Tuesday, afternoon runs were steadier: every check from 3:00 to 6:30 PM topped out at 45 minutes. Your chauffeur collects you anywhere in Downey, waits 15 minutes free, and drives you to your airline's curb on the upper Departures level of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Tolls and taxes are in the fare, gratuity is optional, and the booking page prices your exact address before you pay.
$140
Executive sedan from
$165
Luxury SUV from
19.0 mi
Downey City Hall to LAX, Interstate 105 West
22–28 min
Typical drive at 3:30 AM
26–45 min
Typical drive, 3:00–6:30 PM pickups
15 min
Free wait at your Downey pickup
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A Downey to LAX car service with iRide360 starts at $140 for an executive sedan and $165 for a luxury SUV, at a flat rate set at booking. Downey City Hall is 19.0 miles from the airport on Interstate 105 West: typically 22–28 minutes at 3:30 AM and up to 1 hour 25 minutes at 7 AM, per Google Maps. On the same Tuesday, afternoon runs were steadier: every check from 3:00 to 6:30 PM topped out at 45 minutes. Your chauffeur collects you anywhere in Downey, waits 15 minutes free, and drives you to your airline's curb on the upper Departures level of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Tolls and taxes are in the fare, gratuity is optional, and the booking page prices your exact address before you pay.
Downey sits in the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County, and one freeway, Interstate 105, links it with the airport. The miles stay the same; the hour you leave does not. iRide360, a CPUC-licensed (TCP 43833-A) black car service based in El Segundo near LAX, sends chauffeurs across the city for the trip west. Book a ride from Downey to LAX airport for a dawn or an evening departure, and the price is settled before the car arrives.
| Route | Downey, California (ZIP codes 90239, 90240, 90241 and 90242) → Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) |
|---|---|
| Distance | 19.0 miles from Downey City Hall, 11111 Brookshire Ave, on every Google Maps check toward LAX |
| Main road | Interstate 105 West the whole way, on all eight checks |
| Morning | 22–28 min at 3:30 AM; 30 min–1 hr at 6:00 AM; 40 min–1 hr 25 min at 7:00 AM; 30–50 min at 10:00 AM (Tuesday, typical, per Google Maps) |
| Afternoon and evening | 26–45 min at 3:00, 4:30 and 6:30 PM (Tuesday) and at 2:30 PM (Friday), typical, per Google Maps |
| From prices | $140 executive sedan · $165 luxury SUV; fixed at booking; tolls and taxes included; gratuity optional |
| Pickup and drop-off | Your Downey address with 15 minutes free wait → your airline's curb, upper Departures level |
| Operator | iRide360, CPUC TCP 43833-A, El Segundo, CA · (833) 743-3360 |
Flat rates · No surge
Two classes, two starting fares: pick by luggage first, then headcount. The Downey to LAX car service price is worked out from your pickup address and the vehicle you choose, and the booking screen shows it before you pay. Treat that figure as your Downey to LAX flat rate: slow traffic on I-105 at 7 AM leaves it untouched, and the only thing you may add is a tip. iRide360's recorded quotes ran from LAX into Downey, so for the westbound trip, trust the booking page.

From $140
Up to 3 passengers and 3 bags
A visitor flying home after a stay near PIH Health Downey Hospital, or two coworkers with roll-aboards.

From $165
Up to 5 passengers and 5 bags
A family of five with checked cases, strollers or car seats.
Estimates are planning guides. Your exact pickup time, address, vehicle and requested extras determine the confirmed total shown before payment.
Every charge, named
Included
Added only when requested
You can book a Downey to LAX car service in five steps; step one already shows the fare.
Open iride360.com/book, put your Downey address in the pickup field and LAX as the destination, and compare the executive sedan and luxury SUV fares.
Choose a pickup time from the table above, then add your airline and flight number.
Add child seats, a pet or an extra stop, and a note on where you'll wait: a lobby, a hospital entrance or a store at the mall.
Pick the gratuity at checkout: 15%, 18%, 20%, 25% or a figure of your own, including $0.
Be ready when the car pulls up. The chauffeur stows the luggage and takes I-105 West toward the airport.
Terminal by terminal
Add the airline and flight number when you book, and your chauffeur pulls up at that terminal.
Official LAX map
The list follows the official LAX Airline Location Map (document SP26-0707, July 1, 2026).
| Terminal | Airlines |
|---|---|
| Terminal 1 | JetBlue, Southwest, Cayman Airways, Frontier, Sun Country, Viva Aerobus |
| Terminal 2 | LATAM, Virgin Atlantic, WestJet |
| Terminal 3 | Aeromexico, Delta |
| Terminal 4 | American Airlines, American Eagle, Contour, British Airways, Japan Airlines |
| Terminal 6 | Alaska, Air Canada, Breeze, Hawaiian, Horizon, Porter, Southern Airways |
| Terminal 7 | United / United Express |
| Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT / Terminal B) | Aer Lingus, Air China, Air France, Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, Asiana, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, Emirates, EVA Air, Iberia, KLM, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Swiss, Turkish Airlines, and others |
Terminal assignments shift from time to time, so check the terminal maps on flylax.com or ask your airline before the trip.
Changes before pickup
Plans move
A booked trip from Downey can move with your schedule.
Your flight time moves
Update the pickup online or ring dispatch at (833) 743-3360. A changed trip is re-priced; an unchanged one is not.
Someone else is coming
Add a second address when you book, or call before pickup; for example, collect a relative near Stonewood Center on the way to the terminal.
Typical, per Google Maps, from Downey City Hall
The Downey to LAX drive time depends on the morning far more than the afternoon. All eight Google Maps readings start at Downey City Hall, 11111 Brookshire Ave, and run 19.0 miles on Interstate 105 West: seven hours on a Tuesday and one on a Friday, typical times in October 2026. Each Downey to LAX car service pickup we suggest is planned from them.
Before dawn the run is short, at 22–28 minutes. By 7:00 AM the upper end has roughly tripled, to 1 hour 25 minutes, the widest range we recorded. Ask how far is Downey from LAX and the answer stays at 19.0 miles; ask how long, and it depends on the clock. Every reading was taken at City Hall, so if you start near Lakewood Blvd and Florence Ave, call dispatch and they will help you choose a time.
| Leaving Downey City Hall | Typical drive to LAX |
|---|---|
| Tuesday 3:30 AM | 22–28 min |
| Tuesday 6:00 AM | 30 min–1 hr |
| Tuesday 7:00 AM | 40 min–1 hr 25 min |
| Tuesday 10:00 AM | 30–50 min |
| Tuesday 3:00 PM | 26–45 min |
| Tuesday 4:30 PM | 26–45 min |
| Tuesday 6:30 PM | 26–45 min |
| Friday 2:30 PM | 26–45 min |
Westbound and eastbound slow down at different hours. Heading into Downey from LAX, a Tuesday 5 PM check stretched to 50 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes. Heading out of Downey toward the airport, the 3:00, 4:30 and 6:30 PM checks that same day all stayed inside 45 minutes.
Drive times are typical, per Google Maps checks from Downey City Hall in October 2026. Prices are from iRide360's own booking engine, fixed at booking.
Live map of the current driving route and traffic between Downey, California and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Drive time is a planning guide, not a guarantee.
Departures
How early to leave Downey for LAX turns on one question: is your flight in the morning? Plan to be at the terminal 2 hours before a domestic departure and 3 hours before an international one, as airlines generally advise. For each pickup below, we took that arrival time, subtracted the slower of the two nearest measured drives, took off a 20-minute buffer, and rounded down to the nearest 5 minutes.
| Flight departs | Flight type | Pickup from Downey City Hall |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 AM | Domestic | About 3:10 AM |
| 8:00 AM | Domestic | About 4:40 AM* |
| 9:00 AM | Domestic | About 5:15 AM |
| 11:00 AM | Domestic | About 7:15 AM* |
| 1:00 PM | Domestic | About 9:50 AM |
| 3:00 PM | Domestic | About 12:10 PM* |
| 5:00 PM | Domestic | About 1:50 PM* |
| 6:30 PM | Domestic | About 3:25 PM |
| 8:30 PM | Domestic | About 5:25 PM |
| Friday 5:00 PM | Domestic | About 1:55 PM |
| 11:00 AM | International | About 6:15 AM |
| 1:00 PM | International | About 9:10 AM |
| 10:30 PM | International | About 6:25 PM |
| 11:30 PM | International | About 7:25 PM* |
Downey pickups
Our Downey black car service collects passengers at any address in the city. Each spot below was priced on our LAX to Downey page. For the trip the other way, a Downey to LAX car service is quoted for your exact street address before you pay.
Columbia Memorial Space Center
12400 Columbia Way. The city's hands-on space museum stands on the old plant that built every Apollo command and service module, and it is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM. Set the pickup time for after your visit.
Oldest operating McDonald's
10207 Lakewood Blvd. The 1953 "Speedee" restaurant on the corner of Florence Ave and Lakewood Blvd is the farthest Downey address on our LAX page.
Stonewood Center
251 Stonewood St. The enclosed mall at Firestone and Lakewood Boulevards opened on October 9, 1958. Name the store or entrance where you'll wait in your booking notes.
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
7601 E Imperial Hwy. This is Los Angeles County's main public rehabilitation hospital. Note your building or door in the booking.
PIH Health Downey Hospital
11500 Brookshire Ave, on the same avenue as City Hall.
Kaiser Downey and Porto's
A Kaiser Downey to LAX ride or a Porto's Downey to LAX ride books like any other address: enter the exact street address on the booking page and the fare appears before you pay.
Downey City Hall
11111 Brookshire Ave. Every drive time on this page was measured from here.
Downey Theatre
8435 Firestone Blvd. Leaving straight from a show? Book the car for the time you expect to walk out.
Homes and offices
Every address in ZIP codes 90239, 90240, 90241 and 90242 gets the same Downey car service, and the first 15 minutes of waiting cost nothing.
A few Downey specifics make the trip west easier to plan.
Compare your options
Downey travelers can reach the airport five ways: a booked private car, rideshare, a Downey to LAX taxi, a Downey to LAX shuttle or public transit. Downey to LAX Metro routes change, so check Metro's own planner for those. For everyone else, how to get from Downey to LAX comes down to who sets the price and when, how long the car waits and who lifts the bags. An Uber from Downey to LAX is priced by the app when you request it; an iRide360 fare is settled at booking.
| Feature | iRide360 | Rideshare (Uber, Lyft) | Taxi | Shared shuttle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booking | Reserved for a pickup time you choose | Usually requested on the spot | On demand, or called by phone | Runs on the operator's timetable |
| Fare | Flat rate fixed at booking; no surge | Set by the app; rises and falls with demand | Runs on a meter | The operator's fare |
| Waiting at pickup | 15 minutes at no charge | The app's policy | The company's policy | The operator's policy |
| Luggage | Your chauffeur lifts it in and out | The driver's choice | The driver's choice | The operator's policy |
| Fellow riders | Nobody outside your party | Depends on the ride type | Nobody outside your party | Other passengers and stops |
| Drop-off | Your airline's curb, Departures level | Departures curb | Departures curb | The operator's stops |
Licensed, insured, local
iRide360, a CPUC-licensed (TCP 43833-A) black car service based in El Segundo near LAX, operates your Downey to LAX car service.
Licensed
California CPUC charter-party carrier, TCP 43833-A. Every iRide360 vehicle carries at least $750,000 in liability insurance.
Who operates your ride
Your ride is operated by iRide360 or a vetted, licensed affiliate partner. Every chauffeur, including our affiliate partners', is screened and background-checked.
Checks before a partner joins
Before any partner goes live, we run a background check, verify the driver's license with the DMV, confirm insurance, and review a vehicle inspection report.
Close to the terminals
The iRide360 office is at 222 N Pacific Coast Hwy in El Segundo.
A price that stays put
A Downey car service fare is held at the booked amount, however slow I-105 gets.
24/7 dispatch
(833) 743-3360. Rated 5.0★ on Google.
Verified Google reviews
“I’ve been using Karan for a long time, and he is hands down the best in the business. He’s reliable, his cars are always clean, and the service is consistently exceptional. His prices are great, especially for the quality of service he provides. He’s the only driver I use because I know I can always count on him. I can’t recommend Karan highly enough!”
“Great ride On time Experienced driver Very luxe”
“KG and his team are the absolute best. Timely services, clean and luxurious vehicles, and flexibility for curbside or full pick-up service with a sign. These guys have you covered and we've been using them for years - do yourself a favor and call them.”
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Frequently asked questions
The questions travelers ask before booking a Downey to LAX transfer, grouped in the order they usually come up.
Prices
A Downey to LAX car service with iRide360 starts at $140 in an executive sedan and $165 in a luxury SUV. Your own Downey to LAX car service price depends on the pickup address and the vehicle class, and the booking page shows it before payment. Tolls and taxes are already inside the figure, and any tip is up to you.
Yes, each iRide360 booking carries a Downey to LAX flat rate, fixed the moment you reserve, and a jam on I-105 West at 7 AM does not move it. The amount changes only when the trip does: a new pickup address, the SUV in place of the sedan, an added stop, or waiting beyond the free 15 minutes.
We can't quote an Uber from Downey to LAX, because the app sets rideshare fares at the moment you request a car, and they follow demand. iRide360 does not publish rideshare prices. Our fare is settled when you book, from $140 for an executive sedan, and the chauffeur gives you 15 minutes at the door without charge.
A Downey to LAX taxi is metered, so what you pay depends on the minutes and the traffic on the day you ride. We don't quote taxi fares. An iRide360 car is priced before it sets off, from $140 for the executive sedan, with tolls and taxes already counted in.
Getting there and timing
Downey is 19.0 miles from LAX by road, measured from Downey City Hall on every Google Maps check we ran toward the airport. That is the short answer to how far is Downey from LAX; the time it takes is what changes. The whole route follows Interstate 105 West, which crosses the south side of Downey.
The usual answers to how to get from Downey to LAX are a private car, rideshare, a taxi, a shared shuttle or public transit. For Downey to LAX airport trips with suitcases, a pre-booked car is the option that starts at your own door at a time you set and stops at your airline's curb on the upper Departures level.
The Downey to LAX drive time is typically 22–28 minutes at 3:30 AM and 40 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes at 7:00 AM on a Tuesday, per Google Maps readings from City Hall. Afternoon checks ran 26–45 minutes. The Downey to LAX distance is 19.0 miles, all of it on Interstate 105 West.
For a 9:00 AM domestic flight, plan on a 5:15 AM pickup in central Downey, and for a 6:30 PM domestic flight, about 3:25 PM. The morning gap is wide because the 7:00 AM drive reached 1 hour 25 minutes. For an international trip, how early to leave Downey for LAX follows the same method, with arrival 3 hours ahead instead of 2.
Yes, iRide360 picks up in Downey before 4 AM, because dispatch works around the clock. A 3:10 AM car for a 6:00 AM domestic flight is an ordinary booking. At 3:30 AM, Google Maps typically showed 22–28 minutes from City Hall to LAX, the quickest of our eight readings.
Shuttles, trains and alternatives
Shared shuttle companies serve LAX, but whether one runs a Downey to LAX shuttle at your hour is for the operator to say; each sets its own fares, stops and timetable. A shared ride may stop for other passengers. For only your own party aboard, an iRide360 car goes straight from your Downey address to the terminal.
For a train from Downey to LAX, or any Downey to LAX Metro connection, use Metro's official trip planner, because lines and timetables change. iRide360 runs cars, not trains or buses, so we don't plan a train from Downey to LAX for you. A booked car carries you and your luggage from your door to the departures curb in one trip.
Service and vehicles
Yes, iRide360 runs a Downey black car service with black executive sedans and full-size luxury SUVs, licensed by the California CPUC as TCP 43833-A. iRide360 collects from homes, hospitals, offices and venues in ZIP codes 90239, 90240, 90241 and 90242, at any hour.
iRide360 offers the private, chauffeured side of a Downey limo service in black executive sedans and luxury SUVs; it does not run stretch limousines. If you were searching for a Downey limo service or a Downey chauffeur service for a flight, you get a chauffeur at your door, help with the bags and a price agreed at booking.
Yes, a Kaiser Downey to LAX trip or a Porto's Downey to LAX trip books exactly like any other address in town. Type the street address into the booking page to see the fare, and use the notes field to say where you'll wait.
The executive sedan carries up to 3 passengers and 3 bags, and the luxury SUV up to 5 passengers and 5 bags. Let the suitcases decide before the headcount: a couple with four large cases already needs the SUV. Parties of more than five travel in two or more cars on one reservation.
Yes, rear-facing, forward-facing and booster seats are available for Downey pickups, from $25 each. Choose the type and number at booking and give each child's age and weight. The seats are fitted before your chauffeur reaches your Downey address, so nobody waits at the curb.
Booking and changes
Book your Downey ride to LAX as soon as your flight is ticketed. Early booking puts your car class, any child seats and the exact pickup minute on file. Downey's early-morning departures benefit most, since the 7:00 AM drive ran as long as 1 hour 25 minutes. Short-notice trips go through 24/7 dispatch at (833) 743-3360.
Yes, you can change a Downey booking's pickup time, address or vehicle online or through dispatch at (833) 743-3360, and the fare is recalculated for the new trip. If your flight moves from evening to early morning, look at the pickup table again: at 7:00 AM the drive from Downey reached 1 hour 25 minutes, against 45 minutes at 3:00 PM.
Your chauffeur waits 15 minutes at your Downey pickup at no charge. If you need longer, call dispatch so the chauffeur knows you're coming; waiting past 15 minutes is charged. Packed cases waiting by the door keep loading quick and the stop short.
Check the exact fare for your Downey to LAX car service online, or reach dispatch any hour at (833) 743-3360.
Private, flight-tracked chauffeur service from Downey, California to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
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