Long Beach Airport in November 2024

89.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,457 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 89.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.6% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 1,450 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of +3.0 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 89.2% of the time (1,457 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 91.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.1%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	89.2%	86.2%	82.4%	85.2%
Arrived on time	91.6%	88.4%	84.8%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.3 min	7.9 min	9.8 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	48	41	19,180
Scheduled departures	1,457	1,450	15,115	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,308	90%	91.6%	-6.3 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	4%	90.0%	-2.7 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	60	4%	91.7%	-11.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	29	2%	96.6%	-8.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	194	90.2%	-3.9 min	0.5%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	172	93.0%	-6.1 min	0.0%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	162	93.8%	-8.6 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	136	91.9%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	133	91.0%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	119	92.4%	-8.1 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	82	93.9%	-9.9 min	2.4%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	60	90.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	59	88.1%	-1.5 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	54	94.4%	-9.4 min	0.0%
LGB–HOU	Long Beach to Houston	54	85.2%	0.7 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	46	82.6%	0.3 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	36.9%	2,062
Late-arriving aircraft	54.4%	35.6%	3,406
National Aviation System	9.4%	21.9%	587
Extreme weather	3.3%	5.4%	204
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,259 delay minutes on 118 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 2024?

89.2% of 1,457 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 86.2% of 1,450 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 89.2% and 0.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

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