Oakland International in October 2023

79.8%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,858 domestic departures from Oakland International (OAK). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so OAK departures were 4.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OAK that month were on time 82.1% of the time (3,856 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from OAK in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	OAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	79.8%	—	75.5%	83.8%
Arrived on time	82.8%	—	78.5%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	0.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.9 min	—	13.4 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	129	—	86	19,966
Scheduled departures	3,858	—	31,406	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	3,272	85%	82.0%	3.1 min	0.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	235	6%	83.8%	1.0 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	148	4%	90.5%	-5.9 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	66	2%	78.8%	4.2 min	9.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	62	2%	88.7%	-0.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	2%	96.8%	-9.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	13	0%	92.3%	3.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAK–LAS	Oakland to Las Vegas	433	78.1%	8.1 min	0.2%
OAK–LAX	Oakland to Los Angeles	378	83.1%	1.3 min	1.1%
OAK–SAN	Oakland to San Diego	333	81.4%	4.5 min	0.0%
OAK–BUR	Oakland to Burbank	306	80.4%	1.1 min	2.3%
OAK–PDX	Oakland to Portland	212	81.1%	3.5 min	0.0%
OAK–SNA	Oakland to Santa Ana	207	80.2%	2.4 min	0.5%
OAK–SEA	Oakland to Seattle	206	86.4%	1.1 min	0.0%
OAK–SLC	Oakland to Salt Lake City	177	91.5%	-5.3 min	0.0%
OAK–PHX	Oakland to Phoenix	173	71.7%	12.5 min	0.0%
OAK–DEN	Oakland to Denver	163	85.3%	4.1 min	0.0%
OAK–LGB	Oakland to Long Beach	146	90.4%	-1.7 min	0.0%
OAK–ONT	Oakland to Ontario	144	82.6%	6.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	39.3%	41.3%	12,064
Late-arriving aircraft	44.1%	40.5%	13,521
National Aviation System	14.8%	14.4%	4,530
Extreme weather	1.8%	3.7%	550
Security	0.1%	0.2%	28

30,693 delay minutes on 639 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left OAK on time in October 2023?

79.8% of 3,858 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for OAK · methodology · corrections.