BWI 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

BWI

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, Maryland

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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	BWI	OAK
On-Time Rate (higher is better)	78.0%	81.7% ✓
Avg Delay (lower is better)	61.0 min	56.3 min ✓
Delay Rate (lower is better)	22.0%	18.3% ✓
Cancellation Rate (lower is better)	1.25%	1.04% ✓
Total Flights	1,049,006 ▲	472,036
Delayed Flights	230,270	86,156
Cancelled Flights	13,150	4,908
Top Delay Cause	Carrier	Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

BWI - Baltimore, MD

Carrier 38.9%

Late Aircraft 38.2%

NAS 18.9%

Weather 3.7%

Security 0.3%

OAK - Oakland, CA

Late Aircraft 45.5%

Carrier 38.1%

NAS 14.5%

Weather 1.5%

Security 0.3%

Top Routes

Top routes from BWI

Route	Flights	On-Time
ATL → BWI Baltimore	31,846	80.2%
BWI → ATL Atlanta	31,798	82.1%
MCO → BWI Baltimore	29,125	77%
BWI → MCO Orlando	29,050	76.2%
BWI → FLL Fort Lauderdale	21,397	77.2%
FLL → BWI Baltimore	21,264	79%

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.