Long Beach Airport to Brea: What to Know Before You Go

Long Beach Airport is about 36 minutes by car from Hyland Motel Brea. The motel’s standard rooms are listed separately. The drive time can help you compare airports when planning your trip to Brea.

The airport’s public-transit options include Long Beach Transit Routes 102, 104 and 111, along with Commuter Express Route 405. Routes 102 and 104 connect with Metro’s A Line at Willow Station. You can also reach the A Line through Long Beach, but the airport’s rail and bus connections involve more than one leg.

Public transport from Long Beach Airport involves Long Beach Transit buses and connections; these routes do not describe a direct bus to Brea. Route 102 runs between Downtown Long Beach, the airport and Willow Station on the A Line.

Route 104 connects Downtown Long Beach, the airport and Lakewood Boulevard. Route 111 runs between Downtown Long Beach, the airport and Downey via Lakewood Boulevard and Century Boulevard.

Metro advises allowing at least 15 minutes for bus transfers between the A Line and Long Beach Airport. The A Line runs between Downtown Los Angeles’ 7th Street/Metro Center station and connects with Long Beach Transit buses at the Transit Mall in downtown Long Beach. For a Brea-bound journey, check how the connections fit your arrival and onward plans.

Long Beach Transit charges $1.25 per ride and does not offer transfers within its service area. The airport also gives Day, 5-Day and 30-Day passes as options. Long Beach Transit accepts OCTA Day Passes for one ride at the point of connection, but no other OCTA fare media.

Long Beach Airport names approved ground-service providers, including shuttles, vans and limousines. If you arrange a pickup or paid service, confirm the meeting point and terms directly with the provider before you travel.

The closest Metro rail station to the airport is Wardlow Station on the A Line. A cab from Wardlow Station to the airport costs $13.35, subject to change without notice. This is a station-to-airport fare, not a fare to Brea.

For another airport comparison, ONT airport transportation to Brea covers Ontario International Airport, which is about 34 minutes by car from the same starting point.

Check Long Beach Transit’s current schedules before relying on a bus connection, and confirm fares and pass rules with the relevant transit operator.

OC Bus One-Day Passes are accepted by Long Beach Transit for one transfer on connecting routes, but not on return trips originating on Long Beach Transit. OCTA routes include Route 143 between La Habra and Brea and Route 57 between Brea and Newport Beach.

Check the official site before you go: Long Beach Airport directs travelers to Long Beach Transit for current bus schedules, and transit fares may change. For paid airport pickups, verify arrangements with the provider you choose.

From the same starting point, John Wayne Airport is about 27 minutes by car, Ontario International Airport about 34 minutes, Long Beach Airport about 36 minutes and Los Angeles International Airport about 49 minutes. These are car travel times from the motel, not comparisons of airport-to-airport journeys.

If you are weighing John Wayne Airport as another arrival point, the guide to getting from John Wayne Airport to Brea covers that route.