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Airport Reliability

LGB · Long Beach

Long Beach Airport

84%
Departures within 15 minutes
6 min
Average departure delay
82%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
0.4%
Departures cancelled

Based on 15,661 departures and 15,660 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from LGB departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 90% on time on Wednesdays against 84% on Fridays.

When LGB gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(4522 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(3218 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(3188 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(2611 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(2038 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(2335 flights)
  • Tue89%(2165 flights)
  • Wed90%(2147 flights)
  • Thu86%(2304 flights)
  • Fri84%(2316 flights)
  • Sat88%(1948 flights)
  • Sun84%(2362 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 85% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%1421
July 202585%1464
August 202588%1410
September 202590%1378
October 202586%1392
November 202582%1315
December 202583%1335
January 202692%1210
February 202689%1125
March 202685%1195
April 202685%1153
May 202685%1179

Airlines departing LGB

Busiest routes from LGB

Based on 15,661 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.