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.
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LGB on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Long Beach, CA sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Long Beach, CA handles more flight
volume than 80% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
48% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Long Beach, CA vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 174,755 ·
On-time rate: 83.2%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes717,354 min
Late Aircraft354,353 min · 49%
Carrier221,082 min · 31%
NAS (National Aviation System)111,896 min · 16%
Weather28,559 min · 4%
Security1,464 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
LGB - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: February (93.3%) · worst: July (89.3%)
LGB - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Long Beach, CA vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
83.2%Top 52%higher than 48% of 382 airports
Long Beach, CA
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U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Long Beach, CA's on-time rate?
Long Beach, CA (LGB) has a 83.2% on-time rate across 174,755 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 4.2 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the below-median on-time performance.
How does LGB rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Long Beach, CA ranks #79 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a high-volume U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Long Beach, CA?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at LGB, accounting for 49.4% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 49.4% late-aircraft, 30.8% carrier, 15.6% NAS/air-traffic-control, 4.0% weather, and 0.2% security.
When is the best time to fly through Long Beach, CA?
February is historically LGB's strongest month at 93.3% on-time, while July is the weakest at 89.3%, a 4.0-point swing across the BTS historical record.