Ontario International Airport (ONT), located in Southern California’s Inland Empire about 40 miles east of Los Angeles, is one of the few U.S. airports where non-ticketed visitors can meet loved ones right at the gate. Its ONT+ Visitor Pass Program, launched in 2022, gives friends and family free access to the terminals beyond security — no boarding pass required — to grab a bite, browse the shops, or walk a traveler to their gate.
The program keeps growing: it’s approaching 100,000 registered users and remains one of the most generous visitor-access programs of its kind currently running in the U.S. In my experience tracking how U.S. airports handle visitor access, few programs go this far.
Read the latest update on the ONT+ Visitor Pass Program
Flying through Ontario is also a handy way into Southern California — Los Angeles is under an hour away, and Temecula wine country is even closer.
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