Long Beach Airport - Facilities and Aircraft

Facilities and Aircraft

Long Beach /Daugherty Field/ Airport covers an area of 1,166 acres (472 ha) at an elevation of 60 feet (18 m) above mean sea level. It has five asphalt paved runways:

  • 12/30 is 10,000 by 200 feet (3,048 x 61 m)
  • 7L/25R is 6,192 by 150 feet (1,887 x 46 m)
  • 7R/25L is 5,423 by 150 feet (1,653 x 46 m)
  • 16L/34R is 3,975 by 75 feet (1,212 x 23 m)
  • 16R/34L is 4,470 by 75 feet (1,362 x 23 m)

For the 12-month period ending December 1, 2010, the airport had 329,808 aircraft operations, an average of 903 per day: 87% general aviation, 10% scheduled commercial, 3% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 435 aircraft based at this airport: 69% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 11% jet, and 10% helicopter.

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