Oakland International in March 2025

84.6%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,094 domestic departures from Oakland International (OAK). 84.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so OAK departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 3,514 departures with 79.6% leaving on time: a change of +5.0 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at OAK that month were on time 85.0% of the time (3,092 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 88.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	OAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	84.6%	79.6%	75.5%	79.9%
Arrived on time	88.0%	81.2%	78.5%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.3 min	11.5 min	13.4 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	103	117	86	20,029
Scheduled departures	3,094	3,514	31,406	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,761	89%	87.7%	-3.0 min	0.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	119	4%	91.6%	-6.0 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	91	3%	82.4%	-2.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	2%	95.0%	-14.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	1%	93.5%	-14.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	23	1%	95.7%	-1.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	0%	88.9%	-8.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAK–LAS	Oakland to Las Vegas	345	85.2%	1.2 min	0.0%
OAK–SAN	Oakland to San Diego	283	82.7%	0.9 min	1.4%
OAK–BUR	Oakland to Burbank	279	88.2%	-4.1 min	2.2%
OAK–SNA	Oakland to Santa Ana	234	92.3%	-7.9 min	0.4%
OAK–LAX	Oakland to Los Angeles	203	88.7%	-4.7 min	1.0%
OAK–PHX	Oakland to Phoenix	197	91.4%	-1.8 min	0.0%
OAK–SLC	Oakland to Salt Lake City	163	87.7%	-6.3 min	0.0%
OAK–LGB	Oakland to Long Beach	147	93.9%	-7.8 min	0.0%
OAK–DEN	Oakland to Denver	142	86.6%	-2.3 min	0.0%
OAK–ONT	Oakland to Ontario	136	87.5%	-2.7 min	0.0%
OAK–PDX	Oakland to Portland	119	88.2%	-5.3 min	0.0%
OAK–SEA	Oakland to Seattle	111	87.4%	-2.5 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.5%	33.0%	5,186
Late-arriving aircraft	52.7%	39.2%	8,157
National Aviation System	12.7%	21.9%	1,959
Extreme weather	0.3%	5.9%	50
Security	0.8%	0.1%	131

15,483 delay minutes on 353 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 2025?

84.6% of 3,094 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 79.6% of 3,514 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 84.6% and 0.5% in March 2025.

Provenance

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