

In 2009 Mario Rodriguez was appointed director.Long Beach Airport handled 2,978,433 passengers last year.Long Beach Airport is the second closest airport to Disneyland, after John Wayne Airport.Air cargo carriers, including FedEx and UPS, also use LGB.With increased activity by commercial airlines and the private airplane industry, particularly with Douglas Aircraft showing an interest in the Long Beach Municipal Airport, the facility needed more space.In addition to being known as "Long Beach Airport", other names for JLB include "LGB", "KLGB" and "LGB".Long Beach Airport (JLB) has 5 runways.This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations. Because of Long Beach Airport's relatively low elevation of 60 feet, planes can take off or land at Long Beach Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation.In 1981, the startup airline Jet America began non-stop MD-80 service to Chicago and, in 1982, to Dallas-Fort Worth.
