Long Beach Airport in September 2025

87.0%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,381 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.1% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,381 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 85.6% of the time (1,381 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 21%.

On time 89.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.6%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	87.0%	87.5%	82.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	89.1%	89.1%	84.8%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.4 min	8.1 min	9.8 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	46	46	41	18,748
Scheduled departures	1,381	1,381	15,115	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,231	89%	88.8%	-2.7 min	0.2%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	60	4%	91.7%	-6.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	4%	88.3%	0.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	2%	100.0%	-9.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	188	77.7%	8.3 min	0.5%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	159	90.6%	-5.0 min	0.0%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	146	92.5%	-6.8 min	0.0%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	124	92.7%	-3.9 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	120	86.7%	3.4 min	0.8%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	103	90.3%	-6.2 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	86	83.7%	3.1 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	64	85.9%	0.7 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	60	86.7%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	56	94.6%	-11.6 min	0.0%
LGB–HOU	Long Beach to Houston	52	94.2%	-11.8 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	43	97.7%	-6.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	21.2%	34.3%	1,938
Late-arriving aircraft	47.6%	37.4%	4,341
National Aviation System	31.2%	22.6%	2,845
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.6%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,124 delay minutes on 147 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 September 2025?

87.0% of 1,381 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 87.5% of 1,381 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 87.0% and 0.1% in September 2025.

Provenance

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