Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) delays & on-time performance
Oakland, California · 32 nonstop destinations · 6 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at OAK right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
180 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
51 min when late
Departed on time
76%
avg taxi-out 13 min
Figures cover 31,406 departures from OAK; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into OAK were on time 80% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 0.6% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- SkyWest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (88% on time); Southwest Airlines was the least (78%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (94% on time); around 8pm did worst (66%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).
Most delayed routes from OAK
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SAN · San Diego65%3,214 flts
- DEN · Denver72%1,602 flts
- GEG · Spokane73%381 flts
- PSP · Palm Springs76%472 flts
- DAL · Dallas77%417 flts
- HOU · Houston77%376 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas77%3,293 flts
- SEA · Seattle78%1,879 flts
- PHX · Phoenix78%1,901 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles79%2,082 flts
Most reliable routes from OAK
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SLC · Salt Lake City88%1,643 flts
- OGG · Kahului86%725 flts
- LGB · Long Beach86%1,597 flts
- SNA · Santa Ana85%2,354 flts
- MDW · Chicago85%505 flts
- BOI · Boise84%555 flts
- LIH · Lihue82%659 flts
- BUR · Burbank82%2,735 flts
- ONT · Ontario82%1,471 flts
- PDX · Portland80%1,305 flts
Best airline at OAK
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Airlines | 89% | 2.9% | 14 min | 3 | 420 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 88% | 0.5% | 7 min | 7 | 1,527 |
| Spirit Airlines | 86% | 0.7% | 12 min | 3 | 144 |
| Alaska Airlines | 86% | 1.3% | 9 min | 5 | 1,349 |
| Southwest Airlines | 78% | 0.5% | 12 min | 28 | 27,848 |
| Allegiant Air | 78% | 0.0% | 39 min | 4 | 118 |
Best time to fly out of OAK
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am94%1,617 flts
- 6am94%2,458 flts
- 7am93%2,354 flts
- 8am89%1,731 flts
- 9am90%1,821 flts
- 10am82%2,081 flts
- 11am78%1,599 flts
- 12pm80%2,623 flts
- 1pm75%2,195 flts
- 2pm71%1,719 flts
- 3pm72%1,548 flts
- 4pm68%1,455 flts
- 5pm71%1,795 flts
- 6pm73%1,987 flts
- 7pm69%1,557 flts
- 8pm66%1,967 flts
- 9pm57%590 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft48%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)36%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.