Carl's Jr
Finding it
Carl's Jr is in Departures in Terminal 8 at Los Angeles International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
Terminal 8 has 4 places to eat and 2 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 4am.
Hours against the security queue
Carl's Jr opens at 4am and closes at 11pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical LAX checkpoint queue at 9 minutes around 4am.
Across the week, LAX security runs longest around 12pm at a median of 20 minutes, and lightest around 1am at 2 minutes. This location is already open before those queues build.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's LAX wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Terminal 8's Departures level gets a 4am opening, ahead of the terminal's early international departures, and it stays open through 11pm. Neighbors Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Panda Express both close earlier, leaving this as one of the last kitchens running in this stretch of the terminal. There's no second Carl's Jr elsewhere at LAX, so the location is unique to Terminal 8 regardless of which terminal a connecting traveler starts in.
Other options in Terminal 8
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.