Oakland International in August 2024

80.6%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,555 domestic departures from Oakland International (OAK). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so OAK departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 4,047 departures with 74.7% leaving on time: a change of +5.9 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at OAK that month were on time 80.7% of the time (3,555 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 82.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	OAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	80.6%	74.7%	75.5%	75.4%
Arrived on time	82.3%	75.8%	78.5%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.6%	1.9%	0.6%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	12.6 min	13.4 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	119	135	86	20,634
Scheduled departures	3,555	4,047	31,406	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,960	83%	82.5%	1.9 min	0.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	284	8%	76.4%	4.6 min	3.5%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	93	3%	84.9%	0.7 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	81	2%	88.9%	-6.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	62	2%	77.4%	2.7 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	52	1%	88.5%	7.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	23	1%	91.3%	-3.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAK–LAS	Oakland to Las Vegas	405	76.0%	8.2 min	0.7%
OAK–SAN	Oakland to San Diego	306	79.4%	4.8 min	0.7%
OAK–LAX	Oakland to Los Angeles	290	82.4%	-2.4 min	2.8%
OAK–BUR	Oakland to Burbank	284	84.5%	-2.9 min	0.7%
OAK–SNA	Oakland to Santa Ana	244	84.4%	-2.0 min	0.8%
OAK–SEA	Oakland to Seattle	228	75.9%	6.7 min	0.4%
OAK–SLC	Oakland to Salt Lake City	175	85.7%	1.3 min	0.0%
OAK–PHX	Oakland to Phoenix	169	83.4%	3.7 min	0.0%
OAK–DEN	Oakland to Denver	154	84.4%	0.3 min	0.0%
OAK–LGB	Oakland to Long Beach	153	93.5%	-8.1 min	0.0%
OAK–ONT	Oakland to Ontario	137	88.3%	-4.9 min	0.0%
OAK–PDX	Oakland to Portland	135	91.9%	-4.8 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.0%	33.8%	9,981
Late-arriving aircraft	47.9%	39.8%	14,925
National Aviation System	18.5%	20.4%	5,778
Extreme weather	0.9%	5.9%	279
Security	0.7%	0.1%	228

31,191 delay minutes on 605 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 August 2024?

80.6% of 3,555 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 74.7% of 4,047 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 0.6% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.