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Airport month · October 2024
Long Beach Airport in October 2024
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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,471 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 84.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,501 departures with 77.8% leaving on time: a change of +6.5 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 85.5% of the time (1,471 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 59%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 10%.
- On time 85.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.0%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.3% | 77.8% | 82.4% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 85.5% | 81.7% | 84.8% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.0 min | 12.6 min | 9.8 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 49 | 50 | 41 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,471 | 1,501 | 15,115 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,316 | 89% | 85.0% | 0.2 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 4% | 90.3% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 62 | 4% | 87.1% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 31 | 2% | 93.5% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGB–LAS | Long Beach to Las Vegas | 202 | 79.7% | 2.7 min | 1.0% |
| LGB–SMF | Long Beach to Sacramento | 162 | 88.9% | -3.0 min | 1.2% |
| LGB–OAK | Long Beach to Oakland | 154 | 87.7% | -4.8 min | 0.6% |
| LGB–SLC | Long Beach to Salt Lake City | 140 | 90.7% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–PHX | Long Beach to Phoenix | 125 | 84.0% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–SJC | Long Beach to San Jose | 117 | 84.6% | -1.0 min | 1.7% |
| LGB–DEN | Long Beach to Denver | 88 | 90.9% | -7.5 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–HNL | Long Beach to Honolulu | 62 | 82.3% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–RNO | Long Beach to Reno | 62 | 93.5% | -4.6 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–DAL | Long Beach to Dallas | 54 | 81.5% | 6.3 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–HOU | Long Beach to Houston | 52 | 88.5% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–AUS | Long Beach to Austin | 43 | 76.7% | 7.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGB on time in October 2024?
84.3% of 1,471 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 77.8% of 1,501 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 84.3% and 0.5% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.