Engine Company No. 28
Finding it
Engine Company No. 28 is in Departures in Terminal 8 near Gates 70-89 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 70-89
Terminal 8 has 4 places to eat and 2 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 4am.
Hours against the security queue
Engine Company No. 28 opens at 5am and closes at 11:30pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical LAX checkpoint queue at 9 minutes around 5am.
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
Housed past security in Terminal 8's departures area, this restaurant keeps a full bar running from 5 am until 11:30 pm, later than most of its terminal neighbors close. That late kitchen makes it the option for a sit-down meal ahead of a red-eye once Carl's Jr and Panda Express next door have gone quiet. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's Terminal 8 outpost covers the caffeine end of the same stretch, but this is the terminal's only full-service restaurant with table service and a bar. LAX has no second Engine Company No. 28, so Terminal 8 is its only location at the airport.
Other options in Terminal 8
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- LAX Terminal Maps & Guide 2026 — LAX Airport Guide (independent), checked 2026-09-07
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.