Long Beach Airport in July 2025

81.5%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,473 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 11.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 1,541 departures with 76.6% leaving on time: a change of +4.9 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 80.4% of the time (1,473 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 83.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	81.5%	76.6%	82.4%	69.7%
Arrived on time	83.9%	81.1%	84.8%	69.0%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.6%	0.4%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.7 min	12.5 min	9.8 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	51	41	21,048
Scheduled departures	1,473	1,541	15,115	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,319	90%	82.9%	3.4 min	0.5%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	62	4%	98.4%	-8.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	61	4%	93.4%	-4.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	2%	77.4%	15.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	188	81.4%	4.7 min	0.5%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	171	85.4%	0.2 min	0.6%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	145	86.9%	-2.7 min	0.7%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	127	88.2%	-1.5 min	0.8%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	122	86.9%	2.0 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	105	81.9%	7.1 min	1.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	97	73.2%	17.3 min	1.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	66	80.3%	-0.3 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	62	77.4%	17.3 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	62	90.3%	-3.5 min	0.0%
LGB–HOU	Long Beach to Houston	54	81.5%	8.0 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	53	75.5%	9.5 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.0%	31.1%	3,620
Late-arriving aircraft	55.5%	40.8%	8,053
National Aviation System	17.5%	20.7%	2,540
Extreme weather	2.0%	7.3%	288
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

14,501 delay minutes on 228 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 July 2025?

81.5% of 1,473 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 76.6% of 1,541 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 81.5% and 0.4% in July 2025.

Provenance

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