Long Beach Airport in December 2024

77.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,494 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.7% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so LGB departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,489 departures with 88.3% leaving on time: a change of −10.9 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 81.3% of the time (1,494 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 29% and extreme weather 10%.

On time 79.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.1%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	77.4%	88.3%	82.4%	77.8%
Arrived on time	79.7%	88.0%	84.8%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.3%	0.4%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.1 min	7.0 min	9.8 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	50	50	41	19,686
Scheduled departures	1,494	1,489	15,115	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,342	90%	79.3%	5.7 min	1.2%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	62	4%	82.3%	-0.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	49	3%	83.7%	21.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	41	3%	85.4%	1.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	198	77.8%	7.9 min	1.5%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	183	80.3%	6.3 min	1.1%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	161	80.7%	0.1 min	1.9%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	138	81.9%	5.5 min	1.4%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	131	80.2%	13.9 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	126	86.5%	-4.5 min	1.6%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	81	80.2%	5.2 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	68	77.9%	8.5 min	2.9%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	62	82.3%	-6.4 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	58	72.4%	11.0 min	0.0%
LGB–HOU	Long Beach to Houston	58	77.6%	15.7 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	44	72.7%	17.6 min	2.3%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.2%	34.3%	5,974
Late-arriving aircraft	51.0%	40.2%	10,433
National Aviation System	9.5%	17.8%	1,938
Extreme weather	10.3%	7.5%	2,097
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

20,442 delay minutes on 285 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 December 2024?

77.4% of 1,494 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 88.3% of 1,489 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 77.4% and 1.1% in December 2024.

Provenance

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