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RNO 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
RNO

Reno, NV

Reno, Nevada

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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 RNO OAK
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.5% 81.7%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 69.9 min 56.3 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 17.5% 18.3%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.02% 1.04%
Total Flights 229,410 472,036
Delayed Flights 40,156 86,156
Cancelled Flights 2,351 4,908
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

RNO - Reno, NV

Late Aircraft 41.5%
Carrier 35.6%
NAS 18.4%
Weather 4.4%
Security 0.1%

OAK - Oakland, CA

Late Aircraft 45.5%
Carrier 38.1%
NAS 14.5%
Weather 1.5%
Security 0.3%

Top Routes

Top routes from RNO

Route Flights On-Time
LAS → RNO
Reno
21,182 79.1%
RNO → LAS
Las Vegas
21,129 81.2%
RNO → LAX
Los Angeles
16,394 85%
LAX → RNO
Reno
16,386 85.6%
RNO → DEN
Denver
13,272 84.4%
DEN → RNO
Reno
13,249 76.9%

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

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.