Long Beach Airport in August 2023

74.8%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,471 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 74.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.1% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 1.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 78.9% of the time (1,471 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 79.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from LGB in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	74.8%	—	82.4%	76.7%
Arrived on time	79.1%	—	84.8%	76.9%
Cancelled	2.9%	—	0.4%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.5 min	—	9.8 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	—	41	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,471	—	15,115	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,316	89%	77.9%	3.8 min	2.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	93	6%	93.5%	-7.8 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	62	4%	82.3%	1.9 min	6.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	176	68.8%	10.0 min	4.5%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	149	77.9%	3.0 min	2.7%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	149	81.9%	2.9 min	3.4%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	124	91.9%	-7.1 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	118	75.4%	6.2 min	3.4%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	93	75.3%	4.0 min	3.2%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	93	86.0%	-3.4 min	4.3%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	62	80.6%	7.0 min	1.6%
LGB–OGG	Long Beach to Kahului	62	75.8%	9.1 min	4.8%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	60	65.0%	12.2 min	3.3%
LGB–MDW	Long Beach to Chicago	58	81.0%	-1.4 min	3.4%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	56	82.1%	0.7 min	1.8%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	31.2%	36.7%	3,659
Late-arriving aircraft	47.8%	42.2%	5,603
National Aviation System	19.0%	15.7%	2,228
Extreme weather	1.7%	5.1%	204
Security	0.2%	0.2%	19

11,713 delay minutes on 263 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LGB on time in August 2023?

74.8% of 1,471 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LGB · methodology · corrections.