California Pizza Kitchen
Finding it
California Pizza Kitchen is in Departures in Terminal 1 near Gates 9-18B at Los Angeles International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gates 9-18B
Terminal 1 has 13 places to eat and 8 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 3:30am.
Hours against the security queue
Across the week, LAX security runs longest around 12pm at a median of 20 minutes, and lightest around 1am at 2 minutes.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's LAX wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Terminal 1's location splits its day into two tracks: a to-go counter open from 4am, two hours before the sit-down dining room opens at 6, both closing together at 10pm. That early to-go window covers Terminal 1's first bank of departures before the full kitchen is running. It's one of two California Pizza Kitchens at LAX, so a traveler who's eaten at the other one will find the same flatbread menu here, just with this terminal's split-hours format that the other location doesn't run.
One of 2 California Pizza Kitchen locations at Los Angeles International Airport (Terminal 1, Terminal 6).
What to expect
- pizza
Other options in Terminal 1
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- LAX Terminal 1 Information | LAX — Los Angeles International Airport, checked 2026-09-07
- OpenStreetMap — airport venue data — OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), checked
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.