This blog will cover aircraft movements, happenings and news at Long Beach Airport along with historical information now and again. I will also feature news on JetBlue Airways since they are the largest airline at LGB and the airline I work for. Any and all spotting reports from LGB are welcome. You can email me at kodachromeguy@yahoo.com with any information.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday 9-26-11
Zero-G 727-227 N794AJAdv(F) (c/n 21243/1197) arrived yesterday from Ellington Field (KEFD) at 10:18am and parked at AirFlite. The plane departed this morning on a flight at 11:06am.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday 3-15-11
Miami Air 737-81Q (c/n 30618/830) N732MA arrived at 3:55pm from Spirit Of St Louis (KSUS) as BSK386 and parked at AirFlite. The plane brought in the St. Louis Blues hockey team.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Sunday 11-28-10
Lynden Air Cargo L382 Hercules N406LC (c/n 382-4676) ferried in the other day after dropping off an engine to Delta Air Lines at LAX.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Sunday 4-25-10
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Tuesday 3-2-10
Sun Country 737-800 N801SY (c/n 30332/777) arrived from Denver Intl (KDEN) at 2:24pm as SCX8700 and parked Signature Aviation. The plane brought in the Colorado Avalanche hockey team. The plane ferried back to Minneapolis/St Paul Intl (KMSP) as SCX8700 at 3:07pm.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Tuesday 1-5-2010
Boeing 737-800 N813SC arrived as SCX8685 at 1:10pm from Tuscaloosa Rgnl (KTCL) and parked at Signature. The plane ferried out at 2:03pm to Minneapolis/St Paul Intl (KMSP) as SCX8685.
Boeing 737-800 N809SC arrived as SCX686 at 1:35pm from Tuscaloosa Rgnl (KTCL) and parked at Signature. The plane ferried out at 2:15pm to Minneapolis/St Paul Intl (KMSP) as SCX686.
Boeing 737-800 N804SC arrived as SCX8687 at 2:24pm from Tuscaloosa Rgnl (KTCL) and parked at Signature. The plane ferried out at 3:14pm to Minneapolis/St Paul Intl (KMSP) as SCX8687.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Wednesday 11-4-09
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Thursday 10-15-09

Southwest Airlines 737-7H4 N211WN (c/n 34163/1699) arrived as SWA7580 from Biggs Aaf (Fort Bliss) (KBIF) at 1:24pm. The plane brought in military troops returning from duty in Iraq. The aircraft ferried out as SWA8613 at 2:07pm to El Paso (ELP/KELP).
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday 9-24-09
Alaska Airlines 737-890 N526AS (c/n 35196/2862) arrived from Metropolitan Oakland Intl (KOAK) as ASA7618 at 6:40pm and parked at AirFlite. The plane brought in the Oakland A's baseball team. The plane ferried out at 7:30pm as ASA9003 to Los Angeles Intl (KLAX). As a side note, the Oakland A's are one of several teams who were using Pace Airlines who shut down last week. Looks like maybe Alaska might fly the A's around for the remainder of the season.
Tail numbers noted on the Gulfstream ramp: N71TV, N450XX,
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Sunday 8-9-09
Gulfstream G550 N928GC (c/n 5239) was towed from the Gulfstream paint shop to the Gulfstream ramp at 3:26pm.
Southwest Sportsjet LLC Boeing 757-236 N757SS departed at 5:14pm to Cleveland-Hopkins Intl (KCLE) with the Texas Rangers Baseball team.
Continental Airlines Boeing 737-824 N39297 arrived from Boeing Field Intl (KBFI) as COA1911 at 8:02pm and parked at Signature. The plane brought in the Tampa Bay Rays Baseball team. The plane then had a maintenance issue and ferried to Denver Intl (KDEN) as COA1931 at 9:43pm.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tuesday 7-28-09
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Sunday 7-26-09
Northwest Airlines Airbus A319-114 N354NB (c/n 1833) departed at 5:48pm with the Minnesota Twins baseball team headed for Minneapolis/St Paul Intl (KMSP) as NWA9987.
Continental Airlines 737-824 N73256 (c/n 30611/692) arrived from Boeing Field Intl (KBFI) at 8:15pm as COA1901 and parked at Signature. The plane brought in the Cleveland Indians baseball team. The plane ferried to Ontario Intl (KONT) as COA1931 at 9:21pm.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Saturday 7-25-09
Two F/A-18D Hornets departed at 11:20am and the aircraft wore X/F tail codes.
NetJets Gulfstream G550 N502QS arrived from Los Angeles Intl (KLAX) at 12:10pm and parked on the Gulfstream ramp.
Tail numbers noted on the Gulfstream ramp: N420QS, 09-001(Turkish Air Force)
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Sunrider Corp MD-87 N168CF arrived at 9:35am from Salt Lake City Intl (KSLC) and parked at AirFlite.
Omni Air International DC-10-30 N603AX arrived as OAE460 at 2:00pm from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Intl (KATL) and parked on Taxiway Alpha. The plane is picking up military troops. It departed at 5:30pm to Honolulu Int'l (PHIK) as OAE460 before continueing on to Australia.
Continental Airlines 737-800 ferried in at 3:30pm from Los Angeles Intl (KLAX) as COA1935 and parked at Signature. The plane picked up the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. The plane departed to Boeing Field Intl (KBFI) at 5:50pm as COA1907.
Gulfstream G-III N15HE (c/n 369) arrived from San Diego Intl (KSAN) at 4:03pm and parked on the Gulfstream ramp.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Saturday 7-4-09
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Monday 6-1-09


NetJets Gulfstream G-V N509QS (c/n 637) arrived from Van Nuys (KVNY) at 8:30pm and parked on the Gulfstream ramp.
Tail numbers noted on the Gulfstream ramp: N828GA, N810TM, N884WT
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Tuesday 5-26-09
Ameristar Jet Charter Boeing 737-200 N733TW (c/n 22732/877) arrived as AJI9340 from Will Rogers World (KOKC) at 9:23pm and parked at Signature for fuel. The plane departed at 10:00pm as AJI9341 headed for Pullman/Moscow Rgnl (KPUW).
Tail numbers noted on the Gulfstream ramp: N490QS
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Sunday 5-10-09
One F/A-18 Hornet departed from Signature at 2:33pm.
Olympia Aviation McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 N682RW arrived at 11:56pm from Salina Muni (KSLN) which is where they made a fuel stop after starting the trip from Detroit Metro Wayne Co (KDTW). The plane brought in the Detroit Red Wings hockey team who are playing the Anahiem Ducks in the playoffs.
Tail numbers noted on the Gulfstream ramp: N156WC, N841GA (green)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Tusday 4-21-09


Boeoing C-17A Globemaster III 96-0002 (P-34) "Spirit of the Air Force" with the 437th AW was damaged as a result of a wheels-up landing at Bagram airfield, Afghanistan Jan 30, 2009 and is now parked in front of building 98 beneath the tower.
Allegiant Air MD-87 N945MA arrived as AAY5211 from Laughlin/Bullhead Intl (KIFP) at 4:40pm. The plane ferried back to Laughlin/Bullhead Intl (KIFP) as AAY5212 at 5:10pm.
Alaska Airlines 737-700 N613AS arrived at LGB in the early evening and broke. The linkage for the inboard flap broke after departure from SEA when the flaps were being retracted. This caused the plane to want to roll slightly to the left and the pilots thought it was a trim issue. When the F/O was doing his post flight walk around at LGB, he discovered the inboard flap down about 20 degrees and the broken linkage inside. Since both LAX and SEA MX did not have this part, it would come from Boeing and be flown down in the morning.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Alaska Airlines 737 with Wi-Fi visits LGB

