Oakland International in July 2024

75.1%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,726 domestic departures from Oakland International (OAK). 75.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.2% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so OAK departures were 6.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OAK that month were on time 75.8% of the time (3,726 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 77.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.6%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	OAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	75.1%	—	75.5%	68.5%
Arrived on time	77.2%	—	78.5%	68.1%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	0.6%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.0 min	—	13.4 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	124	—	86	21,154
Scheduled departures	3,726	—	31,406	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	3,079	83%	77.7%	7.1 min	0.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	292	8%	64.7%	16.6 min	6.2%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	93	2%	91.4%	-7.5 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	87	2%	86.2%	-0.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	68	2%	72.1%	6.6 min	10.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	62	2%	83.9%	-5.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	45	1%	73.3%	6.5 min	4.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAK–LAS	Oakland to Las Vegas	410	67.6%	15.6 min	2.0%
OAK–SAN	Oakland to San Diego	297	69.7%	15.1 min	2.0%
OAK–BUR	Oakland to Burbank	279	83.5%	0.8 min	1.4%
OAK–LAX	Oakland to Los Angeles	275	77.8%	9.9 min	0.0%
OAK–SEA	Oakland to Seattle	233	72.1%	5.9 min	0.0%
OAK–SNA	Oakland to Santa Ana	224	81.3%	-0.7 min	1.3%
OAK–DEN	Oakland to Denver	181	75.7%	6.9 min	0.6%
OAK–PHX	Oakland to Phoenix	174	81.0%	6.6 min	0.0%
OAK–SLC	Oakland to Salt Lake City	174	83.9%	1.2 min	1.7%
OAK–LGB	Oakland to Long Beach	145	88.3%	-1.4 min	0.7%
OAK–ONT	Oakland to Ontario	133	81.2%	2.9 min	0.8%
OAK–PDX	Oakland to Portland	129	79.1%	9.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.4%	36.6%	17,047
Late-arriving aircraft	43.2%	42.7%	18,714
National Aviation System	16.3%	16.0%	7,061
Extreme weather	0.6%	4.6%	254
Security	0.5%	0.1%	205

43,281 delay minutes on 805 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 July 2024?

75.1% of 3,726 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.