Long Beach Airport in February 2024

82.7%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,392 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 1.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 83.3% of the time (1,392 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, national aviation system 23% and air carrier 23%.

On time 84.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from LGB in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	82.7%	—	82.4%	84.0%
Arrived on time	84.9%	—	84.8%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	0.4%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	—	9.8 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	46	—	41	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,392	—	15,115	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,280	92%	84.7%	-0.4 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	58	4%	96.6%	-9.7 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	29	2%	69.0%	3.8 min	3.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	25	2%	88.0%	-0.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	183	74.3%	9.0 min	1.6%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	158	96.2%	-6.0 min	0.6%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	137	84.7%	-0.3 min	0.0%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	125	91.2%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	112	83.0%	2.8 min	0.9%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	104	83.7%	2.1 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	91	78.0%	-0.9 min	2.2%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	58	60.3%	15.5 min	1.7%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	58	86.2%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	50	90.0%	-3.9 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	50	84.0%	1.1 min	0.0%
LGB–HOU	Long Beach to Houston	50	90.0%	-5.5 min	0.0%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	22.6%	35.9%	2,185
Late-arriving aircraft	51.4%	36.9%	4,981
National Aviation System	23.1%	21.7%	2,235
Extreme weather	2.9%	5.3%	284
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

9,685 delay minutes on 199 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 February 2024?

82.7% of 1,392 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.