Flights Phoenix → Long Beach
PHX → LGB
Route overview
The flight route from Phoenix to Long Beach operates with an average on-time performance of 70%, experiencing a mean delay of 13.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 382 flights using Airbus A319 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 3.24 million passengers annually.
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 Phoenix (PHX) → Long Beach (LGB) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 497 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Long Beach the average ATFM delay is 1.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Long Beach: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Phoenix (PHX) to Long Beach (LGB) heads west for about 570 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 8m.
Departures from Phoenix on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 39% of PHX-LGB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Long Beach it is 1.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 497 tracked PHX-LGB flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about PHX-LGB
On the Phoenix (PHX) -> Long Beach (LGB) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 497 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Phoenix-Long Beach is 0.00% across 497 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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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.
