Starbucks
Finding it
Starbucks is in Arrivals in Terminal 2 at Los Angeles International Airport. It sits landside, so you can reach it without a boarding pass — and you still have to clear security afterwards.
Terminal 2 has 9 places to eat and 6 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 3:30am.
Hours against the security queue
Starbucks opens at 3:30am and closes at 11:30pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical LAX checkpoint queue at 8 minutes around 3am.
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
Placed on the arrivals side of Terminal 2, ahead of the security checkpoint, this location runs from 3:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., covering nearly the full day for anyone landing or waiting landside. Of LAX's five Starbucks locations, this is the pre-security one for Terminal 2, distinct from the departures-side dining cluster of Barney's Beanery, BUILT Custom Burgers and Fresh Brothers Pizza that requires a boarding pass to reach. A traveler meeting an early arrival here doesn't need to clear security to get a coffee first.
One of 5 Starbucks locations at Los Angeles International Airport (Terminal 2, Terminal 3, Terminal 6, Terminal B).
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.