OAK vs DEN - 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

OAK

Oakland, CA

Oakland, California

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Airport B

DEN

Denver, CO

Denver, Colorado

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric	OAK	DEN
On-Time Rate (higher is better)	81.7% ✓	78.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better)	56.3 min ✓	70.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better)	18.3% ✓	21.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better)	1.04%	1.02% ✓
Total Flights	472,036	3,293,040 ▲
Delayed Flights	86,156	696,109
Cancelled Flights	4,908	33,645
Top Delay Cause	Late Aircraft	Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

OAK - Oakland, CA

Late Aircraft 45.5%

Carrier 38.1%

NAS 14.5%

Weather 1.5%

Security 0.3%

DEN - Denver, CO

Late Aircraft 40.9%

Carrier 38.6%

NAS 15.3%

Weather 5.2%

Security 0.1%

Top Routes

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%

Top routes from DEN

Route	Flights	On-Time
PHX → DEN Denver	49,558	80.7%
DEN → PHX Phoenix	49,508	77.8%
LAS → DEN Denver	44,661	77.7%
DEN → LAS Las Vegas	44,636	76.1%
DEN → SLC Salt Lake City	43,089	78.3%
SLC → DEN Denver	43,051	78.8%

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.