Long Beach Airport is located a few kilometres northeast of the city center. This airport is considered an alternative airport of the Eastern California region. Historically, the site where the air terminal is situated was known as Daugherty Field, after its first lessee, who founded an airfield here in 1923. Due to the noise abatement regulations, the number of flights handled by the airport per day is restricted. On average, the air terminal services about 4 million people a year. The airport operates 3 runways and 6 helicopter pads. LGB serves commercial passenger and cargo flights, as well as military aircraft, private aviation and charter flights. It is the closest airport to Disneyland. The airport serves passengers in a single terminal, divided into two concourses, which are the North and South ones.
You can get from the city to the airport by regular transit buses number 102, 104, 111, and 176. Other ways to reach the city include renting a car, using taxi or shuttle services, or the services of transport network companies. You can take a taxi opposite the exit from the terminal, next to parking lot A. Another way to get to the city is to take the Blue Metro Line from the Wardlow Station. Taxi is the best option to reach this station.
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