What's rush hour traffic like: San Diego to Long Beach Airport?
I've got a flight leaving at 10am from Long Beach Airport, and I've got to figure out how much time to allot for the drive coming from San Diego (actually Del Mar). I don't expect any exact answers, but if anyone has made this drive during rush hour, I'd appreciate your thoughts on how gridlocked the traffic is.
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I will assume you must be there two hours prior. So if you have to be at the LB airport at around 8am I would leave Del Mar at 6 am or a half hour earlier to leave room for the unexpected. With normal traffic it is a 1 1/2 hour drive. So you should add between 30 min. to 1 hour for your commute at that hour. You should be ok since you have that two hour window.
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With no traffic, it's about 1hr50min to DelMar. You are probably going to want to leave around by 6am so you get to the airport around 9-9:15. I advise you to take the toll road or PCH - skip the 405 through Irvine. The good thing is that, once at the airport it's super nice and easy to get around.
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Sometimes, it's pretty bad, but sometimes, you'll be fine... You'll have no problem driving I-5 out of San Diego but once you get on I-405 in Irvine it'll gradually become more and more concentrated with drivers. Maybe to just Long Beach it should be fine but certainly as you go towards LAX you never move.
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Really, you need to be on the road by 5AM. 5:30 at the latest. Check www.sigalert.com ahead of time for conditions. And when you reach the OC county line listen to AM980 or AM1070 for traffic every 10 minutes. The 405 north from the El Toro Y is horriffic in the morning. Am alternate route is to stay on the 5 to the 22 and take that westbound. Though really, many days, both choices can be really bad.
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you have a very long drive ahead of you. the 405 north is always crowded between 7 am to 9. you need to leave at least 5 am.
Title : What's rush hour traffic like: San Diego to Long Beach Airport
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