Southwest Airlines Company: Los Angeles Government Payments

as recorded by Los Angeles: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY

Southwest Airlines Company is the 19th-largest recipient of Los Angeles city government payments tracked by SpendLedger, and ranks 3rd in SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES spending. Its payments amount to 6% of everything the Airports has paid vendors in that span.

Primary spending category: SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES

$894,629,462total received

18payments

1agency

Oct 29, 2015 – Jun 24, 2021first / last payment

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Payments by fiscal year

FY 2021$361,239,451

FY 2020$45,993,241

FY 2019$149,568,725

FY 2018$217,826,690

FY 2017$107,061,182

FY 2016$12,940,175

Payments by fiscal year and agency

Fiscal year	Agency	Payments	Total
FY 2021	Airports	1	$361,239,451
FY 2020	Airports	1	$45,993,241
FY 2019	Airports	5	$149,568,725
FY 2018	Airports	6	$217,826,690
FY 2017	Airports	3	$107,061,182
FY 2016	Airports	2	$12,940,175
Total		18	$894,629,462

What the payments were for

Spending categories exactly as Los Angeles city government codes them in its own accounting; we do not reclassify.

Category	Payments	Total	First / last
SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	18	$894,629,462	Oct 29, 2015 – Jun 24, 2021

Largest payments by fiscal year

The biggest individual payments in each fiscal year, up to 20 per year. Where the source publishes a purchase order behind a payment, the PO description appears; older payments may carry a bare PO reference because the government's published PO files do not reach back that far.

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FY 2021top 1 of 1 payments$361,239,451

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Purchase order
Jun 24, 2021	Airports	$361,239,450.50	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–

FY 2020top 1 of 1 payments$45,993,241

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Purchase order
Oct 10, 2019	Airports	$45,993,240.67	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–

FY 2019top 5 of 5 payments$149,568,725

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Purchase order
Mar 28, 2019	Airports	$80,772,866.45	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Sep 20, 2018	Airports	$32,886,986.54	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Jun 18, 2019	Airports	$26,040,131.02	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Sep 20, 2018	Airports	$7,913,443.59	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Mar 28, 2019	Airports	$1,955,296.95	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–

FY 2018top 6 of 6 payments$217,826,690

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Purchase order
Jan 25, 2018	Airports	$70,858,487.96	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Oct 24, 2017	Airports	$56,108,279.49	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Mar 13, 2018	Airports	$31,477,378.85	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Jun 21, 2018	Airports	$30,803,300.86	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Nov 28, 2017	Airports	$23,638,690.93	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Nov 28, 2017	Airports	$4,940,551.65	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–

FY 2017top 3 of 3 payments$107,061,182

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Purchase order
Feb 7, 2017	Airports	$61,090,449.51	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Aug 9, 2016	Airports	$34,356,806.05	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Oct 6, 2016	Airports	$11,613,926.07	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–

FY 2016top 2 of 2 payments$12,940,175

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Purchase order
Oct 29, 2015	Airports	$8,076,437.72	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–
Apr 19, 2016	Airports	$4,863,737.05	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	–

Recent payments

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Method
Jun 24, 2021	Airports	$361,239,450.50	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	EFT
Oct 10, 2019	Airports	$45,993,240.67	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Jun 18, 2019	Airports	$26,040,131.02	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Mar 28, 2019	Airports	$1,955,296.95	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Mar 28, 2019	Airports	$80,772,866.45	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Sep 20, 2018	Airports	$32,886,986.54	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Sep 20, 2018	Airports	$7,913,443.59	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Jun 21, 2018	Airports	$30,803,300.86	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Mar 13, 2018	Airports	$31,477,378.85	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Jan 25, 2018	Airports	$70,858,487.96	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Nov 28, 2017	Airports	$23,638,690.93	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Nov 28, 2017	Airports	$4,940,551.65	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Oct 24, 2017	Airports	$56,108,279.49	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Feb 7, 2017	Airports	$61,090,449.51	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Oct 6, 2016	Airports	$11,613,926.07	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Aug 9, 2016	Airports	$34,356,806.05	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Apr 19, 2016	Airports	$4,863,737.05	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK
Oct 29, 2015	Airports	$8,076,437.72	SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES	CHECK

Other vendors serving Airports

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Walsh Austin Joint Venture $1,110,600,468
La Gateway Partners LLC $632,533,896
Lax Integrated Express Solutions LL $546,460,628
United Airlines $537,601,519
Delta Air Lines Inc $496,023,531
Clark Mccarthy a Joint Venture $300,575,536
Turner Construction Company $295,293,330
Austin Commercial LP $270,653,603
Lax Integrated Express $247,495,295

VerifiedData refreshed Sep 7, 2026 from Los Angeles Open Data checkbook (data.lacity.org): 9,996,947 payments on record, Jul 5, 2011 to Jun 30, 2025. How we verify this data