COVID-19 Testing Site Opens at Long Beach Airport

Long Beach Airport (LGB), in partnership with Hawaiian Airlines, today welcomed its first COVID-19 testing site, available exclusively for the airlines’ guests traveling to the Hawaiian Islands. Starting Jan. 16, LGB will also host a testing clinic open to all airlines passengers.

“This is a welcome effort to add testing capacity for the City of Long Beach in a strategically important location,” said Mayor Robert Garcia. “As we look ahead in 2021, Long Beach Airport is well-poised to take advantage of an eventual increase in demand for air travel.” 

Hawaiian Airlines’ drive-through lab offers $90 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests with results provided within 36 hours. The State of Hawai‘i currently exempts visitors and returning residents from quarantine if they obtain a negative pre-travel COVID-19 test result by an approved testing partner no more than 72 hours before their scheduled departure time. 

The airline, which offers five weekly nonstop flights between LGB and Honolulu and daily nonstop flights to Kahului, Maui starting March 9, partnered with Long Beach-based Worksite Labs, which administers the testing site daily from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the LGB main entrance located at 4100 Donald Douglas Dr. To learn more and to schedule a drive-through appointment, visit hawaiianairlines.com/WorksiteLabsTest. 

The airport’s second drive-through testing site is set to open Jan. 16 adjacent to the Hawaiian Airlines testing location. It will be administered by Covid Clinic and made available by appointment to any ticketed LGB traveler daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rapid PCR test results will be provided within two hours and are among a variety of antigen and antibody tests offered. Reservations, as well as more detailed test information and pricing, are available at covidclinic.org/lgb.  

“We are pleased to offer these easily-accessible testing options for our passengers,” said Airport Director Cynthia Guidry. “This new amenity is part of the convenient and safe experience for those who need to travel.”  

Currently, all of Southern California is under a Regional Stay at Home Order, and all non-essential travel is temporarily restricted. For those who have essential travel needs, LGB has instituted a number of measures to enhance passenger safety, including physical distancing, new disinfecting protocols and a face covering requirement. Read about these measures and watch a video of what it’s like to fly through LGB with the current precautions in place. 

The City of Long Beach offers free COVID-19 testing at a number of sites, including at Long Beach City College Veterans Stadium, located just one mile from the Airport. 

For the latest information on COVID-19, with details on all that the City of Long Beach is doing to keep its residents safe, visit longbeach.gov/COVID19 and follow @LongBeachCity on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.