Long Beach Airport in November 2025

80.1%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,323 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 1,457 departures with 89.2% leaving on time: a change of −9.1 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 81.1% of the time (1,323 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 16%.

On time 80.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	80.1%	89.2%	82.4%	78.1%
Arrived on time	80.7%	91.6%	84.8%	77.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.2%	0.4%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.4 min	6.3 min	9.8 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	49	41	19,018
Scheduled departures	1,323	1,457	15,115	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,174	89%	79.7%	2.7 min	0.5%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	60	5%	96.7%	-11.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	4%	88.1%	-5.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	2%	73.3%	-0.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	192	78.1%	5.3 min	1.0%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	171	82.5%	-1.1 min	0.6%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	143	81.8%	-3.4 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	135	65.9%	15.5 min	1.5%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	122	87.7%	-4.9 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	92	83.7%	-1.6 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	81	85.2%	0.9 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	60	93.3%	-16.6 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	58	87.9%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	54	79.6%	5.7 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	45	66.7%	16.4 min	0.0%
LGB–HOU	Long Beach to Houston	45	71.1%	9.8 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	16.3%	30.2%	2,125
Late-arriving aircraft	50.7%	38.3%	6,635
National Aviation System	25.4%	26.7%	3,325
Extreme weather	7.6%	4.6%	989
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,074 delay minutes on 247 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 November 2025?

80.1% of 1,323 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 89.2% of 1,457 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 80.1% and 0.5% in November 2025.

Provenance

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