Oakland International in March 2024

79.6%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,514 domestic departures from Oakland International (OAK). 79.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so OAK departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OAK that month were on time 79.5% of the time (3,508 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 81.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.0%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	OAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	79.6%	—	75.5%	78.5%
Arrived on time	81.2%	—	78.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	0.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.5 min	—	13.4 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	117	—	86	19,726
Scheduled departures	3,514	—	31,406	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,961	84%	80.4%	3.8 min	0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	191	5%	80.1%	5.7 min	3.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	191	5%	87.4%	1.0 min	0.5%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	71	2%	88.7%	-6.8 min	1.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	60	2%	86.7%	0.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	40	1%	95.0%	-12.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAK–LAS	Oakland to Las Vegas	368	72.0%	15.8 min	0.5%
OAK–LAX	Oakland to Los Angeles	334	82.6%	3.2 min	0.3%
OAK–SAN	Oakland to San Diego	269	74.7%	7.6 min	1.5%
OAK–BUR	Oakland to Burbank	239	86.6%	-2.7 min	1.3%
OAK–SNA	Oakland to Santa Ana	224	84.4%	-3.5 min	0.9%
OAK–PHX	Oakland to Phoenix	182	77.5%	9.6 min	0.5%
OAK–SEA	Oakland to Seattle	171	81.9%	5.8 min	0.0%
OAK–PDX	Oakland to Portland	170	84.1%	0.6 min	0.0%
OAK–SLC	Oakland to Salt Lake City	170	88.8%	-1.2 min	0.6%
OAK–DEN	Oakland to Denver	161	76.4%	6.3 min	2.5%
OAK–LGB	Oakland to Long Beach	141	87.9%	-2.0 min	0.0%
OAK–ONT	Oakland to Ontario	130	83.8%	-1.5 min	0.8%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.1%	32.1%	10,642
Late-arriving aircraft	45.7%	42.1%	15,145
National Aviation System	18.9%	21.4%	6,248
Extreme weather	2.8%	4.2%	934
Security	0.4%	0.2%	146

33,115 delay minutes on 634 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 March 2024?

79.6% of 3,514 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.