F-18 Fighter Jets at Long Beach Airport This Weekend

On Friday, September 11, two U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 aircraft will be arriving at Long Beach Airport (LGB). F/A-18 aircraft are noticeably louder than other aircraft and are easily heard in neighborhoods near Long Beach Airport.

After a few planned operations over the weekend, the aircraft will depart the morning of Monday, September 14. All times are tentative and subject to change without notice.

Military aircraft are exempt from noise regulations. However, the U.S. Marine Corps has consistently demonstrated a desire to assist LGB in being a good neighbor and will follow standard noise abatement arrival and departure procedures, including modified arrival and departure flight profiles and minimum use of afterburners.