page_title: Long Beach Airport
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Long Beach Airport / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Long Beach airport terminal.
context_page_description: Long Beach Airport is a public airport three miles northeast of downtown Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It was formerly called Daugherty Field. The airport is currently an operating base for JetBlue, but it will close on October 6 as the carrier will move its operating base to LAX.
  The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 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.
context_section_description: Long Beach Airport covers 1,166 acres (472 ha) at an elevation of 60 feet (18 m). It has three asphalt runways:
  12/30 is 10,000 by 200 feet (3,048 x 61 m)
  8L/26R is 6,192 by 150 feet (1,887 x 46 m)
  8R/26L is 3,918 by 100 feet (1,194 x 30 m)
  It has six helipads:
  H1 is 20 by 20 feet (6 x 6 m)
  H2 is 20 by 20 feet (6 x 6 m)
  H3 is 300 by 35 feet (91 x 11 m)
  H4 is 20 by 20 feet (6 x 6 m)
  H5 is 20 by 20 feet (6 x 6 m)
  H6 is 20 by 20 feet (6 x 6 m)
  Runway 16L/34R and runway 16R/34L were permanently closed on July 21, 2016. Runway 16L/34R was 3,330 by 75 feet (1,015 x 23 m), and runway 16R/34L was 4,470 by 75 feet (1,362 x 23 m). Both runways will be removed.
  In the year ending September 30, 2019 the airport had 293,587 aircraft operations, average 804 per day: 86% general aviation, 11% airline, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. 369 aircraft were then based at the airport: 224 single-engine, 46 multi-engine, 41 jet, and 58 helicopter.
caption: The old terminal building in 2009
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