Oakland International in November 2025

77.7%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,618 domestic departures from Oakland International (OAK). 77.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so OAK departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 3,156 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of −8.5 points, with flights down 17%.

Flights arriving at OAK that month were on time 80.1% of the time (2,617 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.0%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	OAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	77.7%	86.2%	75.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.8%	88.7%	78.5%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.4%	0.6%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.7 min	6.8 min	13.4 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	87	105	86	19,018
Scheduled departures	2,618	3,156	31,406	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,374	91%	79.2%	5.3 min	1.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	95	4%	89.5%	-8.6 min	4.2%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	72	3%	80.6%	-8.4 min	8.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	67	3%	85.1%	-3.9 min	1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	10	0%	80.0%	0.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAK–SAN	Oakland to San Diego	260	60.0%	16.8 min	4.2%
OAK–LAS	Oakland to Las Vegas	245	80.8%	8.9 min	2.0%
OAK–BUR	Oakland to Burbank	240	75.4%	10.8 min	1.3%
OAK–SNA	Oakland to Santa Ana	198	85.4%	-0.6 min	2.0%
OAK–LAX	Oakland to Los Angeles	184	78.3%	5.4 min	1.6%
OAK–PHX	Oakland to Phoenix	158	76.6%	12.1 min	1.3%
OAK–SEA	Oakland to Seattle	153	82.4%	-0.6 min	3.3%
OAK–LGB	Oakland to Long Beach	143	90.2%	-3.0 min	0.0%
OAK–ONT	Oakland to Ontario	130	80.8%	2.4 min	3.1%
OAK–DEN	Oakland to Denver	129	82.9%	4.3 min	1.6%
OAK–SLC	Oakland to Salt Lake City	119	84.9%	-4.2 min	1.7%
OAK–PDX	Oakland to Portland	112	82.1%	-0.3 min	3.6%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.6%	30.2%	7,774
Late-arriving aircraft	46.2%	38.3%	12,127
National Aviation System	22.3%	26.7%	5,858
Extreme weather	1.8%	4.6%	474
Security	0.1%	0.1%	38

26,271 delay minutes on 471 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 November 2025?

77.7% of 2,618 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 86.2% of 3,156 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 77.7% and 2.1% in November 2025.

Provenance

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