Long Beach Airport in June 2026

76.9%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 June 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,161 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 76.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.2% of flights departed on time and 72.8% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2025, the airport had 1,430 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of −5.1 points, with flights down 19%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 74.1% of the time (1,161 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 79.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2026	Jun 2025	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2026
Departed on time	76.9%	82.0%	82.4%	72.2%
Arrived on time	79.7%	84.0%	84.8%	72.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.5%	0.4%	1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.9 min	9.6 min	9.8 min	20.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	39	48	41	20,253
Scheduled departures	1,161	1,430	15,115	607,577

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,011	87%	77.8%	3.6 min	0.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	60	5%	95.0%	6.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	5%	88.3%	-0.9 min	3.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	30	3%	93.3%	-7.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	150	78.7%	1.8 min	0.7%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	142	77.5%	2.1 min	0.0%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	133	82.7%	1.4 min	1.5%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	116	80.2%	1.7 min	0.0%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	116	75.9%	4.2 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	112	78.6%	2.1 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	90	74.4%	11.8 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	60	95.0%	-2.1 min	0.0%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	58	69.0%	7.4 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	34	85.3%	-2.3 min	0.0%
LGB–AUS	Long Beach to Austin	30	86.7%	9.1 min	0.0%
LGB–BNA	Long Beach to Nashville	30	86.7%	-1.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), June 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	28.0%	30.8%	3,206
Late-arriving aircraft	61.3%	42.1%	7,013
National Aviation System	8.4%	20.3%	956
Extreme weather	2.1%	6.7%	235
Security	0.2%	0.1%	27

11,437 delay minutes on 227 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 June 2026?

76.9% of 1,161 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.2% and 72.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2025, 82.0% of 1,430 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 76.9% and 0.3% in June 2026.

Provenance

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