Long Beach Airport (IATA: LGB, ICAO: KLGB, FAA LID: LGB) is a public airport 3 mi (4.8 km) northeast of downtown Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

Due to its close proximity to the busier and larger LAX 20 miles away, the airport sees more domestic commercial passenger, cargo, military, and general aviation activity.

[9] Under Long Beach municipal law, the city can criminally prosecute the aircraft's owner and the pilots for breaking the noise ordinance.

[12] Long Beach Airport has one terminal in Streamline Moderne style that is a historical landmark and was renovated in early 2013.

Barnstormer Earl S. Daugherty had leased the area that later became the airport for air shows, stunt flying, wing walking and passenger rides.

The main terminal building was designed by architects William Horace Austin and Kenneth Smith Wing and was constructed in 1941.

[14] The murals and mosaics were created by artist Grace Clements and completed in 1941, with the support of the Works Progress Administration.

Jet schedules began in 1968; in 1969 Western Boeing 737-200s flew to Las Vegas, Oakland, and San Francisco.

Between 1990 and 1992 Continental, Delta, TWA, and USAir ended service to LGB, and American Airlines left in early 2006.

In February 2016 Southwest Airlines announced plans to begin service to the airport with an initial four available slots.

Two years later the city built a hangar and administrative building for the United States Army Air Corps as well.

With increased activity by airlines and the private airplane industry, particularly with Douglas Aircraft showing an interest in the Long Beach Municipal Airport, the facility needed more space.

King, then the Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, and Admirals William D. Leahy, Joseph K. Taussig, and Allen E. Smith pointedly requested that the city of Long Beach repair the runways and reminded the city that the Pacific Fleet, then lying offshore in Long Beach and San Pedro harbors, had a payroll of more than $1 million a month.

NARB Long Beach was not totally abandoned but became a Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS).

Once Los Alamitos became an operational base in 1941, NAAS Long Beach now turned to servicing carrier-borne F4Fs, SBDs, FM-2s, F4Us, F6Fs, TBF/TBMs, and SB2Cs.

In addition, it had utility aircraft and such patrol planes as the PBY, SNB, GB3, NH, GH, and SNJ.

[20] In the year ending November 1, 2023, the airport had 374,956 aircraft operations, an average of 1,027 per day: 88% general aviation, 9% airline, 3% air taxi, and <1% military.

On December 12, 2012, the Long Beach Airport completed a $136 million improvement project designed to modernize the main terminal without sacrificing its historic Art Deco architecture or reputation among travelers for convenience.

[30] It was developed to improve the customer experience by providing resort-like amenities, having a central palm garden, outdoor dining areas with fire pits, wine bars, and 11 gates.

$5 million was spent to refurbish the old terminal, which was originally built in 1941 and declared a historic landmark by the city decades later.