Starbucks
Finding it
Starbucks is in Arrivals in Terminal 6 near Gates 60 - 69 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.
- Nearest gates
- Gates 60 - 69
Terminal 6 has 12 places to eat and 9 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 4:15am.
Hours against the security queue
Starbucks opens at 5am and closes at 10pm. 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.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's LAX wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Sitting on the arrivals side of Terminal 6 rather than past security, this location opens at 5 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m., serving passengers walking off early flights and anyone meeting them landside. It's one of five Starbucks locations at LAX, and being pre-security is what sets it apart from the departures-side dining nearby at California Pizza Kitchen and Club 42 Tequila Bar & Bites, which a departing passenger can only reach after clearing the checkpoint. Anyone dropping someone off or picking up bags in Terminal 6 can get a coffee here without a boarding pass.
One of 5 Starbucks locations at Los Angeles International Airport (Terminal 2, Terminal 3, Terminal 6, Terminal B).
Other options in Terminal 6
All landside, so you can reach any of these before security.
Sources
- LAX Terminal 6 Information — Los Angeles World Airports, checked 2026-09-07
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.