LGB - Long Beach Tower

FAA Control Tower in Long Beach, California

Facility Information

Facility Overview
Identifier LGB
Facility Name Long Beach Tower
Airport Name Long Beach (Daugherty Fld)
Type Tower
Leveli Level 9 History
Core 30 Airporti No
Airspace & Operations
Hours of Operationi 0615-2345
Airspace Class Class D
Approach/Departure SCT
Overlying ARTCC ZLA
Airport Diagram View Airport Diagram (PDF)
Location & Contact
Address 3601 E Spring St
Long Beach, CA 90806
Phone Number 562-424-7128

Salary Information

2026 Pay for Long Beach Tower

Career Leveli Hourly Min. Hourly Max. Salary Min. Salary Max.i
CPC $72.62 $98.04 $151,567 $204,616
D3 $62.72 $72.62 $130,899 $151,567
D2 $52.81 $62.72 $110,222 $130,899
AG $33.00 $33.00 $68,879 $68,879
Includes everything except premium pay.
Pay Factors
Facility Leveli Level 9
Locality Area Los Angeles
Locality Payi 36.47%
Controller Incentive Pay (CIP)i 10.00%
Local Affordability
Cost of Living Indexi 113.6 (13.6% above avg)
Cost-Adjusted CPC Mini $133,457

Staffing and Training

Staffing Information, April 2026
CRWG Targeti 26 CPCs
CPCs on Boardi 16 CPCs
↳ CPC-IT 2 (Transfer)3
Current Staffing Leveli 62%
↳ Est. Trainee Certifications+ 2.3
↳ Committed Inbounds+ 1
↳ Placement List Inbounds+ 1
↳ Projected Retirements/Losses- 1.1
Training Information, April 2026
Training Time (Avg)i 1.12 years
↳ New Hires 1.24 years
↳ Transfers (CPC-IT) 1.1 years
Training Success Rate (Avg)i 78%
↳ New Hires 77%
↳ Transfers (CPC-IT) 76%
Travel Days from Academyi 3 days

Historical Trends

LGB Staffing Percentages

LGB Personnel Counts

LGB Training Metrics

Traffic

April 2025 - March 2026 (12 Months)
Tower Operations 387,075 operations/year
Average Daily Operations 1,060 operations/day

Traffic History

NCEPT

Current NCEPT Metrics
Possible Lossesi
Apr 2026
0
Expected Staffing (12-Month)i
Apr 2026
70.6%
Possible Gains to National Avgi
Apr 2026
4
Priority / Draft Orderi
Mar 2026
#27
Inbound ERRs on Filei
Feb 2026
11
Employees with Outbound ERRsi
Feb 2026
1 (6.7%)

NCEPT is the centralized system for managing controller-requested transfers between facilities. Transfer requests are only approved based upon a set of complex metrics that attempt to balance the distribution of the workforce.

Demand Trends

NCEPT Priority

Administration

Organizational Structure
Service Area Western
District Los Angeles
HR Region Western Pacific

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