Oakland International in October 2025

75.7%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,771 domestic departures from Oakland International (OAK). 75.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so OAK departures were 4.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 3,382 departures with 83.6% leaving on time: a change of −7.9 points, with flights down 18%.

Flights arriving at OAK that month were on time 78.3% of the time (2,767 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	OAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	75.7%	83.6%	75.5%	80.0%
Arrived on time	79.2%	85.5%	78.5%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.4%	0.6%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.5 min	9.7 min	13.4 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	92	113	86	20,195
Scheduled departures	2,771	3,382	31,406	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,498	90%	78.0%	6.1 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	112	4%	95.5%	-8.6 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	93	3%	87.1%	5.4 min	2.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	51	2%	84.3%	1.0 min	2.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	10	0%	100.0%	-5.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	7	0%	85.7%	-11.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAK–SAN	Oakland to San Diego	271	69.0%	13.2 min	0.0%
OAK–LAS	Oakland to Las Vegas	265	75.5%	9.2 min	0.4%
OAK–BUR	Oakland to Burbank	256	77.3%	5.6 min	1.2%
OAK–LAX	Oakland to Los Angeles	197	77.7%	6.2 min	0.0%
OAK–SNA	Oakland to Santa Ana	197	83.8%	1.5 min	0.0%
OAK–PHX	Oakland to Phoenix	170	72.4%	11.1 min	0.0%
OAK–SEA	Oakland to Seattle	161	78.3%	5.5 min	0.6%
OAK–SLC	Oakland to Salt Lake City	150	94.0%	-8.7 min	0.0%
OAK–DEN	Oakland to Denver	149	71.1%	9.3 min	0.0%
OAK–LGB	Oakland to Long Beach	147	92.5%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OAK–ONT	Oakland to Ontario	136	81.6%	3.6 min	0.0%
OAK–PDX	Oakland to Portland	125	81.6%	4.5 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.8%	34.0%	10,379
Late-arriving aircraft	50.1%	39.7%	14,514
National Aviation System	12.5%	22.9%	3,626
Extreme weather	1.3%	3.3%	381
Security	0.2%	0.1%	52

28,952 delay minutes on 562 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 October 2025?

75.7% of 2,771 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 83.6% of 3,382 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 75.7% and 0.3% in October 2025.

Provenance

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