LGB to HOU flight delays
Long Beach, CA (LGB) Houston, TX (HOU) · 1,374 miles
1,048 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.4% of flights from Long Beach to Houston arrived within 15 minutes of schedule over July 2024 – July 2026, across 1,048 flights.
83.4%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.29%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
45 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
9 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 62.3 points more punctual than in March — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 9.9 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Only Southwest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Long Beach to Houston keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on LGB to HOU. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in March.
Every airline on LGB to HOU
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,048 | 83.4% | 0.29% | 45 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
HOU to LGB Houston back to Long Beach 84.63% on time BOther routes from Long Beach
Common questions
Are flights from Long Beach to Houston usually delayed?
83.4% of flights on the LGB to HOU route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Long Beach to Houston?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 1,048 flights and 83.4% arriving on time.
How often are LGB to HOU flights cancelled?
0.29% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 3 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Long Beach to Houston?
May, when 97.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 35.5%.
When LGB to HOU flights are late, how late are they?
About 45 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LGB to HOU during July 2024 – July 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →