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Airport month · December 2025
Long Beach Airport in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,357 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 77.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,494 departures with 77.4% leaving on time: a change of +0.1 points, with flights down 9%.
Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 75.7% of the time (1,357 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 73%, air carrier 14% and national aviation system 9%.
- On time 80.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
- Cancelled 1.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.5% | 77.4% | 82.4% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 80.8% | 79.7% | 84.8% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.1 min | 16.1 min | 9.8 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 45 | 50 | 41 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,357 | 1,494 | 15,115 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,205 | 89% | 79.7% | 4.3 min | 1.4% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 62 | 5% | 85.5% | -7.1 min | 1.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 59 | 4% | 96.6% | -9.8 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 31 | 2% | 87.1% | -6.7 min | 3.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGB–LAS | Long Beach to Las Vegas | 199 | 79.9% | 4.9 min | 1.5% |
| LGB–SMF | Long Beach to Sacramento | 173 | 81.5% | 1.0 min | 2.3% |
| LGB–OAK | Long Beach to Oakland | 142 | 87.3% | -5.1 min | 0.7% |
| LGB–PHX | Long Beach to Phoenix | 139 | 77.0% | 5.4 min | 1.4% |
| LGB–SLC | Long Beach to Salt Lake City | 130 | 87.7% | -1.9 min | 0.8% |
| LGB–SJC | Long Beach to San Jose | 93 | 80.6% | 0.0 min | 2.2% |
| LGB–DEN | Long Beach to Denver | 81 | 79.0% | 12.8 min | 1.2% |
| LGB–RNO | Long Beach to Reno | 69 | 72.5% | 12.1 min | 2.9% |
| LGB–HNL | Long Beach to Honolulu | 62 | 82.3% | -11.8 min | 1.6% |
| LGB–DAL | Long Beach to Dallas | 58 | 87.9% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–AUS | Long Beach to Austin | 44 | 79.5% | 9.1 min | 0.0% |
| LGB–HOU | Long Beach to Houston | 44 | 65.9% | 9.1 min | 2.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LGB on time in December 2025?
77.5% of 1,357 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 77.4% of 1,494 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 77.5% and 1.4% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.