The system will be owned by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and operated by LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS).

The line will run for 2.25 miles (3.62 km) and have six stations that connect the LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility (ConRAC), the Los Angeles Metro Rail system, and the LAX West Intermodal Transportation Facility (West ITF) with the airport's central terminal area (CTA).

The LAX Automated People Mover (APM) will run 2.25 miles (3.62 km) along a line of six stations,[2] with parallel tracks forming a pinched loop.

Continuing to the east, the line will travel over Sepulveda Boulevard and skirt along the airfield where Terminal 9 is planned.

[3] At that point, the line turns to the north, crossing Century Boulevard to reach the LAX West Intermodal Transportation Facility (ITF), a large parking structure with a kiss and ride area and access to the LAX City Bus Center and nearby hotels.

[5] The LAX Automated People Mover's fleet will consist of 44 Innovia APM 300 vehicles manufactured by Alstom (initially Bombardier Transportation).

The six APM stations each feature a line of 20-foot diameter circular skylights, with an additional one in the mezzanine of the LAX/Metro Transit Center.

The proposed Terminal 9 infill station is the exception, with a pair of separate side platforms serving both directions.

After receiving three bids, Los Angeles World Airports announced it had chosen LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the APM for a period of 25 years.

[20][21] LINXS is a joint venture, public–private partnership of ACS, Alstom, Balfour Beatty, Fluor and Hochtief, with assistance from HDR and Flatiron West.

[23] The APM will also connect to the LAX West Intermodal Transportation Facility (West ITF), a US$294.1 million, 4,300 space parking structure with a lot to pick up and drop off passengers and areas for shuttle buses, the new LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility (ConRAC), a massive parking structure that will house all of the major rental car companies that operate at LAX in one location located adjacent to Interstate 405, and to the LAX/Metro Transit Center station (East ITF), connecting passengers to the Los Angeles Metro Rail C and K Lines and other transit services.

[24] Altogether, these projects are called the Landside Access Modernization Program and are expected to cost a total of US$5.5 billion.

[28] Construction on the 2.25 miles (3.62 km) of two-track elevated guideway began in the spring of 2019 with the first underground support columns being placed.

[35] An additional $200 million was authorized by the Board of Airport Commissioners on May 2, 2024 to fund change orders in an attempt to firm up the schedule.

[36][37] An additional $400 million was approved on August 16, 2024 by the City Council,[38][39][40] following a June 7, 2024 decision by an arbitrator (the "Project Neutral") that LAWA was responsible for delays of 526 calendar days, having failed to act in good faith and comply with the contract documents.