AUS vs OAK - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A

Airport B

Airport A

AUS

Austin, TX

Austin, Texas

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Airport B

OAK

Oakland, CA

Oakland, California

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric	AUS	OAK
On-Time Rate (higher is better)	79.3%	81.7% ✓
Avg Delay (lower is better)	70.1 min	56.3 min ✓
Delay Rate (lower is better)	20.7%	18.3% ✓
Cancellation Rate (lower is better)	1.03% ✓	1.04%
Total Flights	909,441 ▲	472,036
Delayed Flights	188,677	86,156
Cancelled Flights	9,363	4,908
Top Delay Cause	Late Aircraft	Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

AUS - Austin, TX

Late Aircraft 45.0%

Carrier 33.8%

NAS 16.3%

Weather 4.6%

Security 0.2%

OAK - Oakland, CA

Late Aircraft 45.5%

Carrier 38.1%

NAS 14.5%

Weather 1.5%

Security 0.3%

Top Routes

Top routes from AUS

Route	Flights	On-Time
AUS → DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	25,695	78.3%
DFW → AUS Austin	25,691	74.2%
AUS → DEN Denver	25,137	81.7%
DEN → AUS Austin	25,122	78%
AUS → LAX Los Angeles	23,025	81.6%
LAX → AUS Austin	22,988	82%

Top routes from OAK

Route	Flights	On-Time
OAK → LAS Las Vegas	25,368	79.3%
LAS → OAK Oakland	25,280	76.4%
OAK → LAX Los Angeles	20,093	86.2%
LAX → OAK Oakland	20,020	85.1%
SAN → OAK Oakland	18,624	80.1%
OAK → BUR Burbank	18,412	85.2%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Compiled by PlainFlights Editorial, Flight Performance Editorial Team

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.