Long Beach (Daugherty Field)
LGB · KLGB · Long Beach, California · Los Angeles County · map
Long Beach (Daugherty Field) is a public-use airport owned by the City of Long Beach, 3 miles northeast of Long Beach, California, 60 feet above sea level. It has 7 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 10,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas).
Weather right now KLGB · observed 2:53 pm PDT (21:53 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 98°F (37°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.77 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 2:00 pm PDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 4:00 pm PDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm PDT (05:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 6:00 am PDT (13:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 6 miles, mist, a few clouds at 500 feet VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am PDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the south at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLGB 062153Z 31010KT 10SM CLR 37/15 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP080 T03670150
TAF KLGB 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM062100 20008KT P6SM SKC FM062300 30008KT P6SM SKC FM070500 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071300 VRB03KT 6SM BR FEW005 FM071700 17005KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LGB · ICAO KLGB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Long Beach
- Elevation
- 60 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:15 am to 11:45 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 7
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 10,000 × 200 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08L/26R | 6,192 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08R/26L | 3,918 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| H3 | 300 × 35 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| H2 | 20 × 20 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| H4 | 20 × 20 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| H5 | 20 × 20 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 1,350 ft, 8,650 ft available for landing, fence 8 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 30: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 2,000 ft, 7,414 ft available for landing, tree 42 ft high 1,480 ft from the end
- Runway 08L: threshold displaced 1,305 ft, 4,887 ft available for landing, pole 78 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 26R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 532 ft, 5,660 ft available for landing, road 16 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 08R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tower 102 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
- Runway 26L: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 61 ft high 1,420 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower Runway 30 approach, runway 12 departure | 119.4 | Long Beach |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.75 | Long Beach |
| Clearance delivery | 118.15 | Long Beach |
| Ground | 133.0 | Long Beach |
| Tower Runway 12 approach, runway 30 departure | 120.5 | Long Beach |
| Anaheim and dp · Approach · Departure procedure (FRITR) Runway 08L, 08R, 12, ventura transition; Runway 12 | 125.35 | Long Beach |
| Anaheim and dp · Departure · Departure procedure (FRITR) Runway 26L/R, runway 30, hector, lake hughes; Runway 26R, runway 30 | 127.2 | Long Beach |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Long Beach |
| Anaheim and dp · Class B airspace · Departure procedure (HAWWC) Runway 26L/R, runway 30 ventura transition; Runway 26L/R, runway 30 | 134.9 | Long Beach |
| Emmln and star | 127.0 | Long Beach |
| Baubb and star · Pcifc and star · Tandy and star | 127.4 | Long Beach |
| Dsnee and star · Rooby and star | 134.0 | Long Beach |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 562-247-0378.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Long Beach from the FAA register
224 aircraft are registered to owners in Long Beach, California: 149 piston singles, 30 helicopters, 11 drones, 10 gliders, 7 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 90 since 1982, 8 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided day use only; operations coordinated with the control tower.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 30; runway end identifier lights runways 08R, 12, 26L and 26R; PAPI runways 12, 08R, 26L and 26R; high-intensity runway lights runway 08R/26L; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08L/26R - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights, tdzl and CL lights runway 12/30 oper continuously when the control tower closed. PAPI runway 30 oper continuously.
- Director
- Maximum landing weights A-330 347000 pounds; A-340 379000 pounds; DC-10-10 DC-10 30/40 and MD-11 379000 pounds; L-1011 354000 pounds. Runway 12/30 maximum takeoff weights DC-10 30/40 and MD-11 588000 pounds; C-17 538600 pounds.
- Runway 08R/26L not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- 6 feet fence 190 feet from runway end with obstruction light.
- 6 feet pole 190 feet from runway end; fence 490 feet L of centerline.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 34:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Lighted tower 152 feet above ground level 2500 feet west and 500 feet south of runway thld.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.