# Long Beach International Airport (LGB / KLGB) **Long Beach International Airport** (IATA: LGB, ICAO: KLGB) is a large airport in Long Beach, California, United States. It opened in 1923. It has 3 runways; the longest is 10,000 ft (3,048 m). In 2025 it handled 3.8 million passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klgb ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: LGB / KLGB - FAA: LGB - Type: Large airport - Serves: Long Beach, California, United States - Opened: 1923 - Elevation: 60 ft / 18 m - Coordinates: 33.8165, -118.1499 - Runways: 3 - Helipads: 4 - Longest runway: 10,000 ft / 3,048 m - Instrument procedures: 8 approaches, 5 departures, 7 arrivals - Passengers: 3,784,651 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles - Website: http://www.lgb.org - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Beach_Airport (27 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431943 - Weather station: KLGB · WMO 72297 - Ident: KLGB ## Timeline - 1923: Long Beach International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 12/30 | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes | | 08L/26R | 6,192 ft / 1,887 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes | | 08R/26L | 3,918 ft / 1,194 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes | - Also 4 helipads. - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00236AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 2,823,996 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 2,441,204 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 2,774,891 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 3,670,796 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 3,815,239 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 3,511,071 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 1,050,158 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 2,222,185 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 3,379,898 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 3,849,546 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 4,130,615 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 3,784,651 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (4) - [SLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslc.md) Salt Lake City International Airport · United States · 589 mi / 948 km · Delta Connection - [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 966 mi / 1,555 km · Alaska Airlines - [OGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phog.md) Kahului International Airport · United States · 2,495 mi / 4,016 km · Hawaiian Airlines - [HNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phnl.md) Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · United States · 2,566 mi / 4,130 km · Hawaiian Airlines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from LGB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (3) - HA [Hawaiian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hawaiian-airlines) · 2 - AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 1 - [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1 Former hub of [Jet America Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jet-america-airlines), [McCulloch International Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mcculloch-international-airlines), [WinAir Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/winair-airlines). ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 3.8M (2025) | #401 of 3,974 | #98 in North America | #77 in US | | Longest runway | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m | =1,058 of 29,858 | =243 in North America | =191 in US | | Elevation | 60 ft / 18 m | #38,676 of 43,403 | #17,554 in North America | #14,548 in US | | Age | Opened 1923 | =216 of 15,079 | =32 in North America | =31 in US | | Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | APP | SOCAL APP | 124.650 | | ATIS | ATIS | 127.750 | | CLD | CLNC DEL | 118.150 | | CTAF | CTAF | 119.400 | | DEP | SOCAL DEP | 127.200 | | GND | GND | 133.000 | | TWR | TWR | 119.400 | | UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 | ## Nearby airports - [KSLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksli.md) Los Alamitos Army Air Field · 6.0 mi / 9.6 km - [HHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khhr.md) Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport · 13 mi / 21 km - [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · 17 mi / 28 km - [SNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksna.md) John Wayne Orange County International Airport · 19 mi / 30 km - [SMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksmo.md) Santa Monica Municipal Airport · 22 mi / 36 km - [BUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbur.md) Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport · 29 mi / 47 km ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government)) - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Long Beach Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long_Beach_Airport&oldid=1376014030), revision of 21 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klgb/data