Long Beach Airport in May 2026

81.3%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,184 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 1,448 departures with 84.9% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights down 18%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 78.6% of the time (1,184 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	81.3%	84.9%	82.4%	77.1%
Arrived on time	84.4%	86.3%	84.8%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.3%	0.4%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.4 min	9.3 min	9.8 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	40	48	41	20,391
Scheduled departures	1,184	1,448	15,115	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,029	87%	83.5%	-0.7 min	0.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	62	5%	88.7%	-6.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	51	4%	96.1%	-3.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	42	4%	85.7%	-5.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	159	81.8%	1.7 min	0.6%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	144	88.9%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	136	88.2%	-3.8 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	122	75.4%	5.2 min	0.0%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	118	90.7%	-6.9 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	118	86.4%	-0.7 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	93	83.9%	-0.1 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	62	91.9%	-9.1 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	48	87.5%	-4.6 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	35	77.1%	4.0 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	31	80.6%	2.8 min	0.0%
LGB–BNA	Long Beach to Nashville	31	93.5%	-2.9 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	23.9%	33.0%	1,924
Late-arriving aircraft	58.1%	40.4%	4,682
National Aviation System	11.3%	20.5%	910
Extreme weather	6.7%	6.0%	540
Security	0.0%	0.1%	4

8,060 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 May 2026?

81.3% of 1,184 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 84.9% of 1,448 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 0.1% in May 2026.

Provenance

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