Long Beach Airport

Long Beach Airport
USGS aerial image, March 2004
IATA: LGB ICAO: KLGB FAA LID: LGB WMO: 72297
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Long Beach
Serves	Los Angeles and Orange counties
Location	Long Beach, California
Focus city for	JetBlue Airways
Elevation AMSL	60 ft / 18 m
Coordinates	33°49′04″N 118°09′06″W / 33.81778°N 118.15167°W / 33.81778; -118.15167Coordinates: 33°49′04″N 118°09′06″W / 33.81778°N 118.15167°W / 33.81778; -118.15167
Website	www.LGB.org
Map
LGB Location of airport in Long Beach
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 10,003 3,049 Asphalt 7L/25R 6,191 1,887 Asphalt 7R/25L 5,421 1,652 Asphalt 16L/34R 3,330 1,015 Asphalt 16R/34L 4,470 1,362 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 50 15 Asphalt H2 50 15 Asphalt H3 50 15 Asphalt H4 50 15 Asphalt H5 50 15 Asphalt H6 50 15 Asphalt
Statistics
Passengers: (2013) 1,438,756 Aircraft operations: (2014) 304,720 Based aircraft: (2014) 366
Sources: FAA

Long Beach Airport (IATA: LGB, ICAO: KLGB, FAA LID: LGB) is a city-owned public airport three miles northeast of downtown Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, California. It was formerly called Daugherty Field.

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 1,413,251 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 1,401,903 in 2009 and 1,451,404 in 2010.

Long Beach Airport has few passenger flights compared with Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) 18 miles (29 km) to the northwest, and will always be a small airport because of ordinances adopted to minimize noise. The airport is under one of the strictest ordinances in the United States on airport noise and the number of airline flights. Rules now allow 41 commercial flights and 25 commuter flights daily. Community groups and activists have been vocal about any changes at the airport. On February 11, 2016, it was announced 9 new slots were awarded to 3 airlines. JetBlue received 3 additional slots, Delta received 2 more, and Southwest Airlines was awarded 4. Since JetBlue and Delta already serve the airport, Southwest Airlines was awarded the most and the airport will now see a new airline and new destinations.

The arrival of low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways at Long Beach Airport in 2001, and that airline's decision to establish a West Coast hub at LGB, has increased air traffic and has cemented LGB's standing as an alternative to LAX for flights to the East Coast. JetBlue used the noise ordinance to make Long Beach Airport a miniature fortress hub, but it quickly reached capacity and has since had to rework flight schedules and direct growth to other Los Angeles area airports. JetBlue calls LGB a focus city and now uses 31 of the 41 slots.