Long Beach Airport in September 2024

87.5%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,381 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 3.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,434 departures with 78.7% leaving on time: a change of +8.8 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 88.4% of the time (1,381 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 89.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	87.5%	78.7%	82.4%	84.4%
Arrived on time	89.1%	83.5%	84.8%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.1 min	11.1 min	9.8 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	46	48	41	19,421
Scheduled departures	1,381	1,434	15,115	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,231	89%	89.4%	-2.7 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	60	4%	90.0%	7.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	49	4%	81.6%	4.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	41	3%	87.8%	0.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	188	83.5%	3.0 min	0.0%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	158	93.0%	-5.3 min	0.0%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	149	93.3%	-6.0 min	0.0%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	137	85.4%	1.1 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	107	89.7%	-2.3 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	107	88.8%	1.6 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	85	83.5%	1.5 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	60	88.3%	-2.1 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	59	91.5%	-0.8 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	51	88.2%	-7.6 min	0.0%
LGB–HOU	Long Beach to Houston	47	89.4%	-10.0 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	43	95.3%	-5.9 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.0%	38.6%	3,043
Late-arriving aircraft	42.0%	38.4%	3,655
National Aviation System	19.0%	18.2%	1,651
Extreme weather	4.0%	4.8%	344
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,693 delay minutes on 147 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 September 2024?

87.5% of 1,381 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 78.7% of 1,434 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 87.5% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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