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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Long Beach

PHX–LGB · 355 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Long Beach Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
1,537
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 1,537 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–LGB flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

PHX–LGB flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 77%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(219 flights)
  • Tue87%(211 flights)
  • Wed85%(208 flights)
  • Thu78%(215 flights)
  • Fri77%(214 flights)
  • Sat86%(205 flights)
  • Sun80%(258 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(279 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(284 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(222 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(350 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(395 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 79% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%125
July 202584%127
August 202587%123
September 202593%118
October 202581%127
November 202582%133
December 202572%136
January 202686%137
February 202674%131
March 202689%130
April 202673%121
May 202676%122

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Based on 1,537 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.