Oakland International in November 2023

85.2%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,784 domestic departures from Oakland International (OAK). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.7% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so OAK departures were 0.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OAK that month were on time 87.3% of the time (3,786 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 87.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	OAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	85.2%	—	75.5%	86.0%
Arrived on time	87.7%	—	78.5%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	0.6%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.1 min	—	13.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	126	—	86	18,793
Scheduled departures	3,784	—	31,406	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	3,215	85%	87.7%	-1.7 min	0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	225	6%	81.8%	3.8 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	150	4%	94.0%	-5.1 min	0.7%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	63	2%	82.5%	5.7 min	6.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	2%	100.0%	-14.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	57	2%	94.7%	-10.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	14	0%	78.6%	2.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAK–LAS	Oakland to Las Vegas	432	81.7%	5.7 min	1.2%
OAK–LAX	Oakland to Los Angeles	341	88.0%	-2.0 min	0.9%
OAK–SAN	Oakland to San Diego	317	85.5%	0.6 min	1.3%
OAK–BUR	Oakland to Burbank	264	92.4%	-4.4 min	1.5%
OAK–SNA	Oakland to Santa Ana	235	90.6%	-4.8 min	0.0%
OAK–PDX	Oakland to Portland	202	92.1%	-4.1 min	0.0%
OAK–SEA	Oakland to Seattle	188	91.5%	-6.0 min	0.5%
OAK–SLC	Oakland to Salt Lake City	175	92.6%	-6.9 min	0.0%
OAK–PHX	Oakland to Phoenix	174	85.1%	1.8 min	0.0%
OAK–DEN	Oakland to Denver	169	84.0%	2.9 min	0.6%
OAK–LGB	Oakland to Long Beach	148	89.2%	-4.2 min	0.0%
OAK–ONT	Oakland to Ontario	144	91.0%	-3.4 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.4%	42.5%	8,726
Late-arriving aircraft	38.1%	37.3%	8,222
National Aviation System	18.8%	16.2%	4,071
Extreme weather	2.5%	3.7%	538
Security	0.2%	0.3%	45

21,602 delay minutes on 441 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 November 2023?

85.2% of 3,784 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.