Oakland International in January 2024

79.0%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,538 domestic departures from Oakland International (OAK). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so OAK departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OAK that month were on time 79.3% of the time (3,539 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from OAK in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	OAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	79.0%	—	75.5%	74.0%
Arrived on time	80.8%	—	78.5%	72.9%
Cancelled	1.7%	—	0.6%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.5 min	—	13.4 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	118	—	86	18,242
Scheduled departures	3,538	—	31,406	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,993	85%	81.1%	1.7 min	1.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	172	5%	84.9%	1.4 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	163	5%	81.6%	5.5 min	1.2%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	88	2%	71.6%	7.7 min	3.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	62	2%	62.9%	1.3 min	24.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	55	2%	89.1%	-6.4 min	1.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	5	0%	40.0%	28.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAK–LAS	Oakland to Las Vegas	396	77.8%	5.0 min	0.8%
OAK–LAX	Oakland to Los Angeles	319	87.8%	-2.6 min	0.6%
OAK–SAN	Oakland to San Diego	279	85.7%	-0.8 min	0.7%
OAK–BUR	Oakland to Burbank	264	84.5%	-1.3 min	1.1%
OAK–SNA	Oakland to Santa Ana	211	88.6%	-4.8 min	0.0%
OAK–PDX	Oakland to Portland	174	81.6%	4.9 min	2.9%
OAK–PHX	Oakland to Phoenix	173	80.3%	4.8 min	1.2%
OAK–SEA	Oakland to Seattle	171	74.9%	0.9 min	8.8%
OAK–SLC	Oakland to Salt Lake City	171	81.9%	2.1 min	0.6%
OAK–DEN	Oakland to Denver	157	83.4%	0.6 min	1.9%
OAK–LGB	Oakland to Long Beach	149	88.6%	-6.5 min	1.3%
OAK–ONT	Oakland to Ontario	127	86.6%	-1.0 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.0%	32.6%	9,521
Late-arriving aircraft	45.1%	39.0%	13,016
National Aviation System	18.5%	17.9%	5,334
Extreme weather	3.3%	10.3%	946
Security	0.1%	0.2%	32

28,849 delay minutes on 611 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 January 2024?

79.0% of 3,538 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.