Long Beach Airport in April 2026

80.4%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,156 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,407 departures with 86.5% leaving on time: a change of −6.1 points, with flights down 18%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 78.8% of the time (1,157 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 44% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 84.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	80.4%	86.5%	82.4%	79.1%
Arrived on time	84.2%	87.8%	84.8%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.8 min	7.9 min	9.8 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	39	47	41	19,931
Scheduled departures	1,156	1,407	15,115	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,006	87%	83.9%	-0.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	60	5%	80.0%	15.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	5%	95.0%	-7.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	3%	80.0%	34.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	153	77.1%	4.0 min	0.0%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	142	93.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	133	88.7%	3.4 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	120	69.2%	9.9 min	0.0%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	116	93.1%	-10.3 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	115	86.1%	-1.9 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	90	87.8%	-3.5 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	60	73.3%	11.7 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	47	93.6%	-10.0 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	33	75.8%	2.3 min	0.0%
LGB–OGG	Long Beach to Kahului	31	83.9%	23.6 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	30	83.3%	0.4 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	44.8%	33.5%	4,310
Late-arriving aircraft	44.2%	40.4%	4,260
National Aviation System	10.6%	21.0%	1,025
Extreme weather	0.4%	5.0%	35
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,630 delay minutes on 180 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 April 2026?

80.4% of 1,156 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 86.5% of 1,407 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 0.0% in April 2026.

Provenance

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