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Airport · LGB · Long Beach, California

Long Beach, CA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Long Beach, CA (LGB) ranks #79 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Long Beach, CA posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

83.2%
On-time
Top 52%
on-time, US airports
57 min
Delay when late
0.79%
Cancelled
#79 of 382
Corpus placement
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LGB on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%83.2%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 717,354.

Late Aircraft 49.4% (354,353 min)
Carrier 30.8% (221,082 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 15.6% (111,896 min)
Weather 4.0% (28,559 min)
Security 0.2% (1,464 min)

LGB - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: February (93.3%) · worst: July (89.3%)

89%90%91%92%93%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.8%

LGB - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 96.9% 92.2% ▼ -4.9%

LGB - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 12.2 min · taxi-in 4.3 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

11 min12 min13 min14 min Jan 24Dec 25 11.8 min 12.7 min ▲ +7.6%

LGB's average taxi-out (12.2 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (November 2025, 13.4 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Long Beach, CA.

Cancellation Rate

0.79%

1,378 of 174,755 flights

Diversion Rate

0.08%

140 of 174,755 flights

Delay Rate

16.8%

29,272 of 174,755 flights

Top Routes from LGB

Busiest routes to and from Long Beach, CA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
LAS (Las Vegas) → LGB (Long Beach) 11,012 78.8% 231 mi
LGB (Long Beach) → LAS (Las Vegas) 11,009 79.6% 231 mi
LGB (Long Beach) → SMF (Sacramento) 9,742 87.4% 387 mi
SMF (Sacramento) → LGB (Long Beach) 9,737 87.5% 387 mi
OAK (Oakland) → LGB (Long Beach) 9,578 88.1% 353 mi
LGB (Long Beach) → OAK (Oakland) 9,540 86.9% 353 mi
LGB (Long Beach) → PHX (Phoenix) 9,520 84.5% 355 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → LGB (Long Beach) 9,500 82.9% 355 mi
LGB (Long Beach) → SLC (Salt Lake City) 8,463 89.6% 588 mi
SLC (Salt Lake City) → LGB (Long Beach) 8,463 89% 588 mi
LGB (Long Beach) → SJC (San Jose) 6,788 86.7% 324 mi
SJC (San Jose) → LGB (Long Beach) 6,786 87.8% 324 mi
DEN (Denver) → LGB (Long Beach) 5,718 76.6% 854 mi
LGB (Long Beach) → DEN (Denver) 5,718 82.4% 854 mi
LGB (Long Beach) → HNL (Honolulu) 3,615 85% 2,569 mi
HNL (Honolulu) → LGB (Long Beach) 3,614 82.6% 2,569 mi
LGB (Long Beach) → RNO (Reno) 3,172 80.4% 402 mi
RNO (Reno) → LGB (Long Beach) 3,171 83.3% 402 mi
AUS (Austin) → LGB (Long Beach) 2,876 78.2% 1,226 mi
LGB (Long Beach) → AUS (Austin) 2,876 82.8% 1,226 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Long Beach, CA, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 83.2%).

Fayetteville, AR

Fayetteville, AR

83.2% on-time 130,348 flights

Lafayette, LA

Lafayette, LA

83.2% on-time 37,254 flights

Roanoke, VA

Roanoke, VA

83.2% on-time 25,454 flights

St. Cloud, MN

St. Cloud, MN

83.2% on-time 1,690 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 174,755).

Kona, HI

Kona, HI

177,017 flights 86.3% on-time

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

177,587 flights 79.5% on-time

Myrtle Beach, SC

Myrtle Beach, SC

171,781 flights 82.1% on-time

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham, AL

178,467 flights 81.5% on-time

Other Airports in California

Compare performance with other California airports.

LAX 82.8%

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles · 2,137,032 flights
SFO 81%

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco · 1,466,784 flights
SAN 80.8%

San Diego, CA

San Diego · 973,807 flights
SMF 82.7%

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento · 592,833 flights
SJC 84.2%

San Jose, CA

San Jose · 546,547 flights
SNA 82.5%

Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana · 482,186 flights
OAK 81.7%

Oakland, CA

Oakland · 472,036 flights
BUR 82.4%

Burbank, CA

Burbank · 319,148 flights

LGB delay-share reading

The standout signal at Long Beach, CA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 49.4% of 717,354 delay minutes across 174,755 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 83.2% (4.2 pts above the 79% national average), with 29,272 delayed and 1,378 cancelled (0.79%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (49.4% late-aircraft, 30.8% carrier, 15.6% NAS, 4.0% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, LGB is strongest in February (93.3% on-time) and weakest in July (89.3%), a 4.0-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~2,673 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to LAS (Las Vegas) at 78.8% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for California: California flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using LGB's data

LGB's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from LGB before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in February rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 12.2 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.