Long Beach Airport in July 2026

79.1%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,196 domestic departures from Long Beach Airport (LGB). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so LGB departures were 10.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 1,473 departures with 81.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.4 points, with flights down 19%.

Flights arriving at LGB that month were on time 78.6% of the time (1,196 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	LGB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	79.1%	81.5%	82.4%	68.8%
Arrived on time	82.8%	83.9%	84.8%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.4%	0.4%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	11.7 min	9.8 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	40	49	41	21,066
Scheduled departures	1,196	1,473	15,115	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,042	87%	81.7%	1.9 min	0.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	62	5%	93.5%	-4.4 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	5%	88.7%	-5.4 min	3.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	30	3%	86.7%	-5.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LGB–LAS	Long Beach to Las Vegas	155	78.1%	4.1 min	0.6%
LGB–SMF	Long Beach to Sacramento	147	83.7%	-3.7 min	1.4%
LGB–SLC	Long Beach to Salt Lake City	137	87.6%	-3.4 min	1.5%
LGB–OAK	Long Beach to Oakland	119	79.8%	2.0 min	1.7%
LGB–PHX	Long Beach to Phoenix	119	81.5%	7.4 min	0.0%
LGB–SJC	Long Beach to San Jose	115	85.2%	-5.4 min	0.0%
LGB–DEN	Long Beach to Denver	92	73.9%	9.3 min	0.0%
LGB–HNL	Long Beach to Honolulu	62	95.2%	-3.1 min	1.6%
LGB–RNO	Long Beach to Reno	62	87.1%	-1.6 min	0.0%
LGB–DAL	Long Beach to Dallas	35	71.4%	15.6 min	0.0%
LGB–BNA	Long Beach to Nashville	31	83.9%	3.5 min	0.0%
LGB–HOU	Long Beach to Houston	31	90.3%	-1.4 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	26.9%	31.7%	2,485
Late-arriving aircraft	57.1%	41.8%	5,288
National Aviation System	13.3%	19.9%	1,231
Extreme weather	1.0%	6.5%	93
Security	1.7%	0.1%	156

9,253 delay minutes on 194 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 July 2026?

79.1% of 1,196 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 81.5% of 1,473 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 0.7% in July 2026.

Provenance

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