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Many airports around the country have begun offering COVID-19 testing before your flight. For example, if you are flying out of Los Angeles International Airport, the airport authority is offering access to COVID-19 testing using a standard Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) nasal swab test. Results are delivered to participants through email within 24 hours of the tests. There are three locations at LAX for the pilot sample collection program.

Tom Bradley International Terminal on the Upper/Departures level at the counters located in Aisle C, along the north side of the terminal;
Terminal 2 Lower/Arrivals Level near the information booth; and
Terminal 6 Lower/Arrivals Level near the information booth.

Testing is being offered seven days a week from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. on a walk-up basis.

Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Monday that starting Wednesday, travelers who arrive at Los Angeles International and Van Nuys airport will be required to sign a form acknowledging California's recommended 14-day self-quarantine in response to rising coronavirus rates.

The form will be available at travel.lacity.org, Mayor Eric Garcetti said during a coronavirus briefing Monday.

If you plan on catching some sun and surf in the state of Hawaii over the next few weeks, before you can board your flight, passengers must be able to show a negative COVID-19 test 24-72 hours before departing. Anyone arriving in Hawaii without a confirmed negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours will subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine.

All airlines have taken precautions amid the pandemic including increased sanitation, better air cabin filtration systems and with many flights eliminating the middle seat to help passengers keep distance from one another.

If you are flying, you should expect to wear a mask through the entire flight, except when eating and drinking.

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