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Airport · OAK · Oakland, California

Oakland, CA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Oakland, CA (OAK) ranks #43 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Oakland, CA posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.7%
On-time
Top 70%
on-time, US airports
56 min
Delay when late
1.04%
Cancelled
#43 of 382
Corpus placement
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OAK on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%81.7%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 1,967,196.

Late Aircraft 45.5% (895,100 min)
Carrier 38.1% (749,685 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.5% (285,712 min)
Weather 1.5% (30,367 min)
Security 0.3% (6,332 min)

OAK - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: February (92.4%) · worst: December (88.1%)

87%88%89%90%91%92%93% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 88.1%

OAK - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 96.8% 90.1% ▼ -6.9%

OAK - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 12.7 min · taxi-in 5.7 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

11.5 min12 min12.5 min13 min13.5 min14 min Jan 24Dec 25 13.4 min 12.7 min ▼ -5.2%

OAK's average taxi-out (12.7 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (February 2024, 13.6 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Oakland, CA.

Cancellation Rate

1.04%

4,908 of 472,036 flights

Diversion Rate

0.07%

319 of 472,036 flights

Delay Rate

18.3%

86,156 of 472,036 flights

Top Routes from OAK

Busiest routes to and from Oakland, CA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
OAK (Oakland) → LAS (Las Vegas) 25,368 79.3% 407 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → OAK (Oakland) 25,280 76.4% 407 mi
OAK (Oakland) → LAX (Los Angeles) 20,093 86.2% 337 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → OAK (Oakland) 20,020 85.1% 337 mi
SAN (San Diego) → OAK (Oakland) 18,624 80.1% 446 mi
OAK (Oakland) → BUR (Burbank) 18,412 85.2% 325 mi
BUR (Burbank) → OAK (Oakland) 18,409 86.6% 325 mi
OAK (Oakland) → SAN (San Diego) 18,394 80.5% 446 mi
SNA (Santa Ana) → OAK (Oakland) 15,102 84.4% 371 mi
OAK (Oakland) → SNA (Santa Ana) 15,066 85.9% 371 mi
OAK (Oakland) → SEA (Seattle) 14,288 82.8% 672 mi
SEA (Seattle) → OAK (Oakland) 14,279 80.1% 672 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → OAK (Oakland) 12,486 79.6% 646 mi
OAK (Oakland) → PHX (Phoenix) 12,403 83.1% 646 mi
OAK (Oakland) → SLC (Salt Lake City) 11,930 88.4% 588 mi
SLC (Salt Lake City) → OAK (Oakland) 11,895 87.7% 588 mi
OAK (Oakland) → PDX (Portland) 10,931 83.3% 543 mi
PDX (Portland) → OAK (Oakland) 10,764 85.6% 543 mi
OAK (Oakland) → DEN (Denver) 10,711 80.6% 957 mi
DEN (Denver) → OAK (Oakland) 10,615 73% 957 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Oakland, CA, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 81.7%).

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

81.7% on-time 2,030,209 flights

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio, TX

81.7% on-time 419,736 flights

Panama City, FL

Panama City, FL

81.7% on-time 93,692 flights

Springfield, MO

Springfield, MO

81.7% on-time 92,073 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 472,036).

Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

462,554 flights 83.3% on-time

Columbus, OH

Columbus, OH

450,603 flights 82.8% on-time

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis, IN

495,575 flights 82.7% on-time

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland, OH

446,498 flights 82% on-time

Other Airports in California

Compare performance with other California airports.

LAX 82.8%

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles · 2,137,032 flights
SFO 81%

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco · 1,466,784 flights
SAN 80.8%

San Diego, CA

San Diego · 973,807 flights
SMF 82.7%

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento · 592,833 flights
SJC 84.2%

San Jose, CA

San Jose · 546,547 flights
SNA 82.5%

Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana · 482,186 flights
BUR 82.4%

Burbank, CA

Burbank · 319,148 flights
ONT 82.3%

Ontario, CA

Ontario · 272,856 flights

OAK delay-share reading

The standout signal at Oakland, CA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 45.5% of 1,967,196 delay minutes across 472,036 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.7% (2.7 pts above the 79% national average), with 86,156 delayed and 4,908 cancelled (1.04%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (45.5% late-aircraft, 38.1% carrier, 14.5% NAS, 1.5% weather, 0.3% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, OAK is strongest in February (92.4% on-time) and weakest in December (88.1%), a 4.3-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~7,075 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to LAS (Las Vegas) at 79.3% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for California: California flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using OAK's data

OAK's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from OAK before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in February rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 12.7 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.