Long Beach International Airport (LGB) delays & on-time performance
Long Beach, California · 22 nonstop destinations · 5 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at LGB right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
85%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.4%
56 flights
Avg arrival delay
9 min
53 min when late
Departed on time
83%
avg taxi-out 12 min
Figures cover 15,115 departures from LGB; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into LGB were on time 81% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Long Beach International Airport (LGB) arrived on time 85% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 0.4% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
- SkyWest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (93% on time); Southwest Airlines was the least (85%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (94% on time); around 2pm did worst (72%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (56%).
Most delayed routes from LGB
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- HOU · Houston78%461 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas81%2,117 flts
- PHX · Phoenix81%1,519 flts
- AUS · Austin81%428 flts
- DEN · Denver82%1,007 flts
- RNO · Reno84%694 flts
- DAL · Dallas85%509 flts
- SJC · San Jose87%1,239 flts
- SMF · Sacramento88%1,869 flts
- BNA · Nashville89%365 flts
Most reliable routes from LGB
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- OGG · Kahului92%370 flts
- HNL · Honolulu90%730 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City89%1,567 flts
- OAK · Oakland89%1,597 flts
- BNA · Nashville89%365 flts
- SMF · Sacramento88%1,869 flts
- SJC · San Jose87%1,239 flts
- DAL · Dallas85%509 flts
- RNO · Reno84%694 flts
- DEN · Denver82%1,007 flts
Best airline at LGB
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 93% | 0.0% | 7 min | 1 | 591 |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 91% | 1.0% | 5 min | 2 | 306 |
| Alaska Airlines | 89% | 0.2% | 10 min | 2 | 424 |
| Delta Air Lines | 88% | 1.2% | 11 min | 1 | 498 |
| Southwest Airlines | 85% | 0.3% | 9 min | 22 | 13,296 |
Best time to fly out of LGB
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am94%736 flts
- 7am94%2,109 flts
- 8am92%1,619 flts
- 9am90%1,375 flts
- 10am88%1,056 flts
- 11am87%732 flts
- 12pm82%981 flts
- 1pm86%1,154 flts
- 2pm72%911 flts
- 3pm78%749 flts
- 4pm76%1,015 flts
- 5pm83%727 flts
- 6pm78%815 flts
- 7pm74%855 flts
- 8pm76%281 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft56%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.