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Airport month · May 2025
Long Beach Airport in May 2025
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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,448 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 84.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 8.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,522 departures with 79.4% leaving on time: a change of +5.5 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 83.0% of the time (1,448 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 22%.
- On time 86.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.9% | 79.4% | 82.4% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 86.3% | 83.0% | 84.8% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.3 min | 12.2 min | 9.8 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 48 | 51 | 41 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,448 | 1,522 | 15,115 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,293 | 89% | 85.9% | -0.8 min | 0.2% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 62 | 4% | 93.5% | -11.0 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 62 | 4% | 93.5% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 31 | 2% | 71.0% | 14.2 min | 3.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGB–LAS | Long Beach to Las Vegas | 198 | 81.8% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–SMF | Long Beach to Sacramento | 172 | 89.0% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–OAK | Long Beach to Oakland | 153 | 91.5% | -7.5 min | 0.7% |
| LGB–SLC | Long Beach to Salt Lake City | 138 | 82.6% | 7.0 min | 0.7% |
| LGB–PHX | Long Beach to Phoenix | 132 | 83.3% | 3.9 min | 1.5% |
| LGB–SJC | Long Beach to San Jose | 120 | 94.2% | -8.2 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–DEN | Long Beach to Denver | 90 | 68.9% | 18.6 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–HNL | Long Beach to Honolulu | 62 | 91.9% | -13.0 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–RNO | Long Beach to Reno | 61 | 80.3% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–DAL | Long Beach to Dallas | 56 | 82.1% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–AUS | Long Beach to Austin | 45 | 82.2% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–HOU | Long Beach to Houston | 45 | 97.8% | -10.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGB on time in May 2025?
84.9% of 1,448 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 79.4% of 1,522 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 84.9% and 0.3% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.