Oakland International in February 2025

83.6%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,671 domestic departures from Oakland International (OAK). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.6% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so OAK departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 3,183 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.3 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at OAK that month were on time 85.7% of the time (2,671 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 86.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.5%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from OAK in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	OAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	83.6%	80.3%	75.5%	79.2%
Arrived on time	86.6%	82.2%	78.5%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.9%	0.6%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.6 min	10.8 min	13.4 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	89	106	86	16,830
Scheduled departures	2,671	3,183	31,406	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,340	88%	86.5%	-4.3 min	0.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	147	6%	89.8%	-6.5 min	1.4%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	76	3%	80.3%	-0.5 min	2.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	50	2%	92.0%	-9.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	28	1%	89.3%	-0.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	22	1%	81.8%	-6.8 min	4.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	0%	87.5%	111.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAK–LAS	Oakland to Las Vegas	337	84.9%	0.7 min	0.9%
OAK–BUR	Oakland to Burbank	242	88.4%	-5.8 min	1.2%
OAK–SAN	Oakland to San Diego	228	81.1%	2.1 min	1.3%
OAK–SNA	Oakland to Santa Ana	200	90.0%	-7.8 min	0.0%
OAK–LAX	Oakland to Los Angeles	180	87.2%	-6.0 min	1.1%
OAK–SLC	Oakland to Salt Lake City	147	90.5%	-7.0 min	0.0%
OAK–PHX	Oakland to Phoenix	144	88.2%	-1.1 min	0.7%
OAK–LGB	Oakland to Long Beach	138	84.1%	-2.7 min	0.0%
OAK–DEN	Oakland to Denver	120	82.5%	-1.5 min	0.0%
OAK–ONT	Oakland to Ontario	116	94.0%	-10.3 min	0.0%
OAK–SEA	Oakland to Seattle	102	84.3%	-6.2 min	1.0%
OAK–PDX	Oakland to Portland	84	89.3%	-6.4 min	1.2%

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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.7%	33.9%	5,263
Late-arriving aircraft	47.5%	36.9%	8,138
National Aviation System	21.0%	22.5%	3,603
Extreme weather	0.8%	6.6%	142
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

17,146 delay minutes on 335 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 2025?

83.6% of 2,671 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 80.3% of 3,183 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 83.6% and 0.7% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.