Flights Salt Lake City → Long Beach
SLC → LGB
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Long Beach operates with an average on-time performance rate of 79%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.1 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately four hundred and one flights are conducted along this route using various aircraft such as Airbus A320s and Canadair Regional Jet models.
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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Long Beach (LGB) route is operated by JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines. Across 533 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.19%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.4/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Long Beach: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Long Beach (LGB) heads south-west for about 948 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 36m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of SLC-LGB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Long Beach it is 1.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 533 tracked SLC-LGB flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 0.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-LGB
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Long Beach (LGB) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 533 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Long Beach is 0.19% across 533 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines.
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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.
