Long Beach Airport in November 2023

86.2%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,450 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so LGB departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 89.2% of the time (1,450 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 88.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	86.2%	—	82.4%	86.0%
Arrived on time	88.4%	—	84.8%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	0.4%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.9 min	—	9.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	—	41	18,793
Scheduled departures	1,450	—	15,115	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,301	90%	88.1%	-1.2 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	63	4%	95.2%	-8.9 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	60	4%	86.7%	0.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	26	2%	92.3%	-0.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	193	86.0%	1.3 min	1.0%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	148	90.5%	-3.7 min	0.0%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	144	91.0%	-5.8 min	0.0%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	122	94.3%	-7.4 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	114	90.4%	-4.4 min	0.9%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	94	92.6%	-4.8 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	93	92.5%	-3.0 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	60	70.0%	11.0 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	60	90.0%	-4.4 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	56	82.1%	5.2 min	0.0%
LGB–HOU	Long Beach to Houston	56	80.4%	4.2 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	55	87.3%	7.3 min	1.8%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.8%	42.5%	3,308
Late-arriving aircraft	42.7%	37.3%	3,462
National Aviation System	11.2%	16.2%	906
Extreme weather	4.2%	3.7%	341
Security	1.2%	0.3%	98

8,115 delay minutes on 164 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 November 2023?

86.2% of 1,450 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.