Flights Long Beach → Oakland
LGB → OAK
Route overview
The flight route from Long Beach to Oakland is served by Airbus A320 aircraft and boasts a high on-time performance rate of 90%, with an average delay of just 0.1 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1927, handles over eleven million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the region.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Long Beach (LGB) → Oakland (OAK) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 524 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.57%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Long Beach the average ATFM delay is 1.0 minutes.
Heading to Oakland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Long Beach (LGB) to Oakland (OAK) heads north-west for about 568 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 8m.
Departures from Long Beach on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of LGB-OAK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Long Beach the average ATFM delay is 1.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Oakland it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 524 tracked LGB-OAK flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 1 min and a 0.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about LGB-OAK
On the Long Beach (LGB) -> Oakland (OAK) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 1 minutes, based on 524 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Long Beach-Oakland is 0.57% across 524 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: JetBlue Airways.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Oakland, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
