Airport reliability

Oakland (OAK) on-time performance

How reliably flights leave Oakland, CA (OAK) and reach their destinations, by airline, departure hour and month, September 2025 to August 2026.

Historical performance Official DOT data through August 2026 · Not live flight status

Oakland, CA31,247 departures in 12 months

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Departures on time: 77.7%
Cancelled: 0.6%
60+ minutes late: 5.5%
Scheduled departures: 31,247

What this means

OAK departures beat the U.S. average.

77.7% of the 31,247 scheduled departures from Oakland (OAK) arrived at their destination on time, 2.1 points higher than the U.S. average of 75.6%.
0.6% of departures were cancelled (U.S. average 1.9%), and 5.5% arrived an hour or more late.
Flights arriving at OAK were on time 78.3% of the time.
Among airlines with at least 300 departures, SkyWest Airlines was the most punctual from OAK (86.3%) and Southwest Airlines the least (76.6%).
Over the last 3 years, November was the most reliable month for departures from OAK (85.9% on time) and June the least reliable (76.1%).
Flights scheduled to depart before 6 am were the most punctual (93.9% on time); flights scheduled to depart 9 pm to 10 pm were the least (55.0%).

Airlines at OAK

Ranked by on-time arrival

Departures from OAK, September 2025 to August 2026. On time means arrived at the destination within 15 minutes of schedule.
Airline	On time	Cancelled	60+ min late	Avg delay when late	Departures
Spirit Airlines	90.2%	1.6%	1.6%	Unavailable	61
SkyWest AirlinesSold as United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle, Alaska	86.3%	0.6%	3.5%	54 min	1,624
Hawaiian Airlines	85.9%	2.4%	2.7%	67 min	333
Alaska Airlines	84.7%	1.6%	2.6%	50 min	1,480
Allegiant Air	83.1%	0.0%	9.0%	119 min	89
Southwest Airlines	76.6%	0.5%	5.8%	50 min	27,640
Frontier Airlines	Insufficient sample				20

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On-time rate by departure hour

<6a 93.9%

6a 92.3%

7a 91.1%

8a 88.0%

9a 87.5%

10a 80.8%

11a 77.5%

12p 79.9%

1p 73.3%

2p 68.8%

3p 69.5%

4p 65.3%

5p 70.9%

6p 71.8%

7p 65.7%

8p 63.0%

9p 55.0%

10p 60.1%

11p 78.3%

Share of scheduled flights on time OAK average 77.7%

Departures from OAK by scheduled local departure hour, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Departing before 6 am	93.9%	1,603
Departing 6 am to 7 am	92.3%	2,487
Departing 7 am to 8 am	91.1%	2,304
Departing 8 am to 9 am	88.0%	1,717
Departing 9 am to 10 am	87.5%	1,777
Departing 10 am to 11 am	80.8%	2,123
Departing 11 am to noon	77.5%	1,565
Departing noon to 1 pm	79.9%	2,622
Departing 1 pm to 2 pm	73.3%	2,161
Departing 2 pm to 3 pm	68.8%	1,727
Departing 3 pm to 4 pm	69.5%	1,546
Departing 4 pm to 5 pm	65.3%	1,474
Departing 5 pm to 6 pm	70.9%	1,752
Departing 6 pm to 7 pm	71.8%	2,020
Departing 7 pm to 8 pm	65.7%	1,576
Departing 8 pm to 9 pm	63.0%	1,850
Departing 9 pm to 10 pm	55.0%	595
Departing 10 pm to 11 pm	60.1%	168
Departing 11 pm to midnight	78.3%	180

Best and worst months at OAK

Jan 85.2%

Feb 84.0%

Mar 82.9%

Apr 82.9%

May 81.1%

Jun 76.1%

Jul 76.3%

Aug 78.5%

Sep 82.8%

Oct 82.7%

Nov 85.9%

Dec 79.6%

Share of scheduled flights on time 12-month average 77.7%

Departures from OAK by calendar month, September 2023 to August 2026 pooled. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
January	85.2%	8,814
February	84.0%	8,210
March	82.9%	9,177
April	82.9%	9,071
May	81.1%	9,509
June	76.1%	9,265
July	76.3%	9,457
August	78.5%	9,096
September	82.8%	9,900
October	82.7%	10,011
November	85.9%	9,558
December	79.6%	9,787

Month by month, last 12 months

Sep 82.0%

Oct 79.2%

Nov 79.8%

Dec 76.1%

Jan 87.9%

Feb 83.4%

Mar 79.2%

Apr 76.2%

May 75.6%

Jun 69.3%

Jul 73.7%

Aug 70.9%

Share of scheduled flights on time U.S. average 75.6%

Departures from OAK, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Sep 2025	82.0%	2,714
Oct 2025	79.2%	2,771
Nov 2025	79.8%	2,618
Dec 2025	76.1%	2,646
Jan 2026	87.9%	2,408
Feb 2026	83.4%	2,356
Mar 2026	79.2%	2,569
Apr 2026	76.2%	2,509
May 2026	75.6%	2,683
Jun 2026	69.3%	2,597
Jul 2026	73.7%	2,685
Aug 2026	70.9%	2,691

Busiest routes from OAK

Nonstop routes from OAK by scheduled flights, September 2025 to August 2026.
To	On time	Cancelled	Airlines	Flights
San Diego (SAN)	62.0%	1.0%	3	3,278
Las Vegas (LAS)	75.9%	0.6%	3	3,264
Burbank (BUR)	80.9%	0.9%	1	2,694
Santa Ana (SNA)	83.9%	0.8%	2	2,356
Los Angeles (LAX)	78.0%	0.5%	1	2,064
Phoenix (PHX)	77.1%	0.3%	2	1,907
Seattle (SEA)	76.6%	0.9%	3	1,896
Salt Lake City (SLC)	87.5%	0.1%	2	1,621
Denver (DEN)	70.6%	0.4%	1	1,608
Long Beach (LGB)	85.3%	0.3%	1	1,568
Ontario (ONT)	79.8%	0.5%	1	1,458
Portland (PDX)	79.8%	0.4%	3	1,336
Kahului (OGG)	83.6%	1.4%	3	731
Honolulu (HNL)	79.0%	0.7%	3	729
Lihue (LIH)	81.0%	0.9%	3	646
Boise (BOI)	83.4%	0.0%	1	530
Chicago (MDW)	83.8%	0.2%	1	526
Palm Springs (PSP)	75.3%	0.8%	2	473
Dallas (DAL)	76.9%	1.0%	1	411
Houston (HOU)	75.0%	0.5%	1	376

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Sources & data dates

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987-present)
Period: September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months); month-of-year patterns September 2023 to August 2026
Data through: August 2026
Processed: 2026-11-03
Scope: Scheduled nonstop domestic departures from Oakland, CA (OAK) by airlines that report to the DOT.
Method: Rates use all scheduled flights as the denominator; cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time. Figures based on fewer than 50 scheduled flights are suppressed. Full methodology.

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