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

The payment history

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6 fiscal years on record. The incoming flows below combine all recorded years.

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Oct 29, 2015 to Jun 24, 2021 · All recorded fiscal years

Showing 1 of 1 positive agencies in these records.

Flow widths compare the relationships shown. Percentages use the full recorded supplier total for this period: $894,629,461.86. Zero and net-negative relationships are excluded from positive flows.

The relationships at a glance

Total shown
$894,629,461.86
Payments represented
18
Paying agencies shown
1
Largest share of supplier total
100.0%

Largest displayed relationship: Airports. Select a flow to explore its details.

Oct 29, 2015 to Jun 24, 2021 · All recorded fiscal years. Amount and payment count cover the relationships shown; shares use the full supplier total.

Receiving supplier

Southwest Airlines Company

$894,629,462from the agencies shown

Southwest Airlines Company
$894,629,462 from the agencies shown

  1. $894,629,462100.0% of supplier total

This is a selection, not a full spending breakdown. Other agencies are not included in the flow. Some recorded agencies have no public profile link. Coverage may be partial. Review the agency table.

Payments by fiscal year and agency

Fiscal yearAgencyPaymentsTotal
FY 2021Airports1$361,239,451
FY 2020Airports1$45,993,241
FY 2019Airports5$149,568,725
FY 2018Airports6$217,826,690
FY 2017Airports3$107,061,182
FY 2016Airports2$12,940,175
Total18$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.

CategoryPaymentsTotalFirst / last
SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES18$894,629,462Oct 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
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Jun 24, 2021Airports$361,239,450.50SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
FY 2020top 1 of 1 payments$45,993,241
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Oct 10, 2019Airports$45,993,240.67SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
FY 2019top 5 of 5 payments$149,568,725
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Mar 28, 2019Airports$80,772,866.45SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Sep 20, 2018Airports$32,886,986.54SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Jun 18, 2019Airports$26,040,131.02SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Sep 20, 2018Airports$7,913,443.59SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Mar 28, 2019Airports$1,955,296.95SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
FY 2018top 6 of 6 payments$217,826,690
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Jan 25, 2018Airports$70,858,487.96SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Oct 24, 2017Airports$56,108,279.49SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Mar 13, 2018Airports$31,477,378.85SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Jun 21, 2018Airports$30,803,300.86SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Nov 28, 2017Airports$23,638,690.93SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Nov 28, 2017Airports$4,940,551.65SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
FY 2017top 3 of 3 payments$107,061,182
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Feb 7, 2017Airports$61,090,449.51SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Aug 9, 2016Airports$34,356,806.05SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Oct 6, 2016Airports$11,613,926.07SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
FY 2016top 2 of 2 payments$12,940,175
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Oct 29, 2015Airports$8,076,437.72SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–
Apr 19, 2016Airports$4,863,737.05SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES–

Recent payments

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

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VerifiedData refreshed Sep 24, 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