Long Beach Airport in February 2025

85.0%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,275 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.7% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 1,392 departures with 82.7% leaving on time: a change of +2.3 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 83.6% of the time (1,275 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 87.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LGB in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	85.0%	82.7%	82.4%	79.2%
Arrived on time	87.7%	84.9%	84.8%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.6%	0.4%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.4 min	9.3 min	9.8 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	46	41	16,830
Scheduled departures	1,275	1,392	15,115	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,135	89%	87.3%	-3.3 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	5%	91.7%	-3.6 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	56	4%	91.1%	-6.5 min	1.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	24	2%	87.5%	-0.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	178	83.1%	1.9 min	0.0%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	155	88.4%	-6.2 min	0.6%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	138	92.0%	-8.5 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	133	89.5%	-5.3 min	0.0%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	129	89.9%	-1.1 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	94	88.3%	-4.6 min	1.1%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	70	90.0%	-5.0 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	56	85.7%	-5.7 min	1.8%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	54	79.6%	1.5 min	7.4%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	52	86.5%	-3.7 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	43	83.7%	5.4 min	0.0%
LGB–BNA	Long Beach to Nashville	28	85.7%	-1.5 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	23.5%	33.9%	2,213
Late-arriving aircraft	58.0%	36.9%	5,458
National Aviation System	14.0%	22.5%	1,317
Extreme weather	4.5%	6.6%	419
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,407 delay minutes on 149 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 February 2025?

85.0% of 1,275 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 82.7% of 1,392 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 85.0% and 0.6% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.