AirportsLong Beach International Airport is a large airport serving Long Beach, in California, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LGB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LGB
- ICAO code
- KLGB
- City
- Long Beach
- State or region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 33.8165° N, 118.1499° W
- Elevation
- 18 m (60 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,048 m (10,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LGB means Long Beach International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KLGB. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 33.8165° N, 118.1499° W. It stands 18 metres (60 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Los Angeles, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Long Beach International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,048 metres (10,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 117.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,048 m 10,000 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 08L/26R | 1,887 m 6,192 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 08R/26L | 1,194 m 3,918 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal AirportHawthorne | HHR | 21 km |
| Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles | LAX | 28 km |
| John Wayne Orange County International AirportSanta Ana | SNA | 30 km |
| Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope AirportBurbank | BUR | 47 km |
| Ontario International AirportOntario | ONT | 57 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,896 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,017 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,412 km | 16 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,758 km | 11 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,958 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,129 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,840 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,075 km | 15 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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