LA/Ontario International Airport (IATA: ONT, ICAO: KONT, FAA LID: ONT), formerly Ontario International Airport, is a public airport located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the central business district (CBD) of Ontario, a city in San Bernardino County, California, USA. This airport is owned and operated by the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), an agency of the city of Los Angeles. In 2008, 6.2 million passengers used the airport, a decline of 13.5 % compared to 2007.
The airport is dominated by Southwest Airlines who carried 49.38% of passengers in 2007. The other four airlines in the top five were United Airlines/United Express (8.64%), Delta Air Lines (7.93%), US Airways (7.08%), and American Airlines (6.18%). UPS uses the airport as their gateway for packages to and from Southern California. Expressjet formerly operated a hub at the airport.
Ownership and control of the airport became an issue in late 2010 when the City of Ontario, supported by the Southern California Association of Governments, criticized and questioned LAWA's operation of the airport.
In 1946, an airplane "graveyard" located at the airport, containing surplus and retired aircraft from the recent war, was used for a memorable scene in the Samuel Goldwyn film The Best Years of Our Lives, starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March and Dana Andrews.
In 1961, the exterior terminal building portrayed "Lincoln Airport" in the film Back Street starring Susan Hayward and John Gavin.
In 1968, the airport's terminal was seen in the film The Counterfeit Killer starring Jack Lord and Shirley Knight.
The interior and exterior of the old main terminal and the adjacent parking lot were used to portray Miami International Airport in the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can and the 2001 Johnny Depp movie Blow.
The interior and exterior of Terminal 1 and the adjacent parking lot were used in the 2003 film Confidence.
The airport was used in Kanye West's 2004 music video All Falls Down.
The airport was used as a stand-in for Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in the 2004 film Meet the Fockers.
Ontario International Airport was used in the 2005 film Red Eye.
In 2005, LA/Ontario Airport was featured in a Season 2 episode of HBO's hit show Entourage, depicting the airport in Utah at which the guys arrive to attend the Sundance Film Festival.
In January 2006, LA/Ontario Airport was featured, by name, in Season 5 of the television drama series 24, in which terrorists took control of the airport (then known as Ontario Airport) and took several hostages.
LA/Ontario Airport was featured in a 2006 commercial for Hyundai's Santa Fe SUV.
The airport and its original terminal building were featured in the final scenes of the 2007 film Zodiac.
The airport's interior was used in a 2007 Jack in the Box breakfast commercial.
The airport's old Delta Air Lines terminal was used in the 2008 movie College Road Trip.
LA/Ontario Airport was featured in Season 4, Episode 12 of Prison Break in November 2008.
The airport served as the interior for the airport scene in the 2008 Jim Carrey movie Yes Man.
The airport appeared in a Walmart commercial during holiday season 2009.
The airport was featured in the movie Due Date as the stand-in airport for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
The old main terminal was used to portray Heathrow International Airport in Frost/Nixon (film).
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