Long Beach Airport in August 2024

88.7%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,443 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 88.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 13.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,471 departures with 74.8% leaving on time: a change of +13.9 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 88.4% of the time (1,443 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 88.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.8%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	88.7%	74.8%	82.4%	75.4%
Arrived on time	88.1%	79.1%	84.8%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.1%	2.9%	0.4%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.7 min	11.5 min	9.8 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	49	41	20,634
Scheduled departures	1,443	1,471	15,115	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,288	89%	87.8%	-1.2 min	0.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	67	5%	94.0%	-6.4 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	62	4%	91.9%	-6.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	26	2%	76.9%	6.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	194	82.5%	2.6 min	0.0%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	164	90.2%	-3.0 min	0.0%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	153	91.5%	-5.4 min	0.7%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	141	88.7%	-1.3 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	111	85.6%	-2.5 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	110	90.0%	-5.2 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	90	84.4%	-0.1 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	62	95.2%	-4.0 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	62	95.2%	-5.1 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	53	83.0%	4.6 min	0.0%
LGB–HOU	Long Beach to Houston	48	87.5%	2.6 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	45	84.4%	5.5 min	0.0%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	28.4%	33.8%	2,270
Late-arriving aircraft	43.8%	39.8%	3,504
National Aviation System	23.5%	20.4%	1,881
Extreme weather	4.1%	5.9%	328
Security	0.2%	0.1%	19

8,002 delay minutes on 170 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 2024?

88.7% of 1,443 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 74.8% of 1,471 departures left on time and 2.9% were cancelled, against 88.7% and 0.1% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.