Oakland International in February 2024

80.3%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,183 domestic departures from Oakland International (OAK). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so OAK departures were 3.7 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OAK that month were on time 81.2% of the time (3,181 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.8%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	OAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	80.3%	—	75.5%	84.0%
Arrived on time	82.2%	—	78.5%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	0.6%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.8 min	—	13.4 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	106	—	86	17,307
Scheduled departures	3,183	—	31,406	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,696	85%	82.6%	1.1 min	0.9%
NK Spirit Airlines	148	5%	77.0%	3.1 min	2.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	144	5%	79.2%	9.2 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	79	2%	68.4%	8.3 min	5.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	58	2%	86.2%	-4.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	58	2%	96.6%	-7.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAK–LAS	Oakland to Las Vegas	352	74.4%	9.1 min	1.1%
OAK–LAX	Oakland to Los Angeles	288	85.1%	1.5 min	0.3%
OAK–SAN	Oakland to San Diego	254	80.7%	2.9 min	1.6%
OAK–BUR	Oakland to Burbank	237	84.4%	-0.3 min	0.8%
OAK–SNA	Oakland to Santa Ana	183	86.3%	-3.7 min	1.6%
OAK–PHX	Oakland to Phoenix	158	82.9%	1.0 min	0.0%
OAK–SEA	Oakland to Seattle	158	84.2%	-2.6 min	0.6%
OAK–PDX	Oakland to Portland	154	82.5%	4.3 min	0.0%
OAK–SLC	Oakland to Salt Lake City	153	88.2%	-1.8 min	0.0%
OAK–DEN	Oakland to Denver	141	82.3%	0.7 min	0.7%
OAK–LGB	Oakland to Long Beach	137	89.1%	-6.4 min	0.7%
OAK–ONT	Oakland to Ontario	112	79.5%	4.6 min	1.8%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.6%	35.9%	9,460
Late-arriving aircraft	42.4%	36.9%	11,597
National Aviation System	20.1%	21.7%	5,502
Extreme weather	2.9%	5.3%	784
Security	0.0%	0.3%	10

27,353 delay minutes on 535 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 February 2024?

80.3% of 3,183 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.