Long Beach Airport in February 2026

85.7%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,129 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 7.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 1,275 departures with 85.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.7 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 82.1% of the time (1,129 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 13%.

On time 88.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from LGB in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	85.7%	85.0%	82.4%	78.1%
Arrived on time	88.2%	87.7%	84.8%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.6%	0.4%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.7 min	9.4 min	9.8 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	38	43	41	17,168
Scheduled departures	1,129	1,275	15,115	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	989	88%	88.6%	-5.0 min	0.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	56	5%	85.7%	0.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	56	5%	80.4%	-4.3 min	1.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	28	2%	96.4%	-11.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	178	86.0%	-2.7 min	0.0%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	155	89.0%	-7.5 min	0.0%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	135	94.1%	-13.6 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	131	89.3%	-1.3 min	0.0%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	130	86.9%	-6.3 min	1.5%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	84	90.5%	-4.0 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	66	86.4%	0.8 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	56	96.4%	-11.5 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	55	83.6%	-6.3 min	1.8%
LGB–BNA	Long Beach to Nashville	28	92.9%	-10.4 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	28	96.4%	-3.5 min	0.0%
LGB–HOU	Long Beach to Houston	28	71.4%	8.4 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.4%	38.2%	1,595
Late-arriving aircraft	56.3%	37.2%	3,534
National Aviation System	12.7%	18.5%	795
Extreme weather	5.6%	6.0%	353
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,277 delay minutes on 129 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 February 2026?

85.7% of 1,129 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 85.0% of 1,275 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 85.7% and 0.3% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.