Long Beach Airport in March 2026

83.0%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,200 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 83.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 10.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,474 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights down 19%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 81.8% of the time (1,198 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 84.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	83.0%	86.2%	82.4%	72.8%
Arrived on time	84.7%	88.2%	84.8%	73.2%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.1 min	7.5 min	9.8 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	40	49	41	20,403
Scheduled departures	1,200	1,474	15,115	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,045	87%	84.4%	-1.5 min	0.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	62	5%	80.6%	1.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	55	5%	94.5%	-6.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	38	3%	84.2%	2.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	160	88.1%	-0.7 min	0.0%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	149	90.6%	-8.5 min	0.0%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	138	91.3%	-3.1 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	130	83.1%	3.0 min	0.0%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	124	89.5%	-12.9 min	1.6%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	112	90.2%	-7.9 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	92	78.3%	5.5 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	62	79.0%	-2.4 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	51	86.3%	-2.9 min	0.0%
LGB–OGG	Long Beach to Kahului	35	94.3%	-12.3 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	31	71.0%	13.1 min	0.0%
LGB–BNA	Long Beach to Nashville	31	80.6%	8.6 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	28.4%	33.5%	2,552
Late-arriving aircraft	52.0%	39.3%	4,669
National Aviation System	18.7%	21.0%	1,680
Extreme weather	0.9%	5.9%	84
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,985 delay minutes on 179 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 March 2026?

83.0% of 1,200 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 86.2% of 1,474 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 83.0% and 0.3% in March 2026.

Provenance

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