On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Spokane to Oakland: on-time record

Spokane International to Oakland International

90.3%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

90.3% of scheduled GEG to OAK flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 381 flights between Spokane and Oakland by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 723 miles.

That is 14.3 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 6.5 points above the 83.8% recorded for all departures from GEG. Flights that did arrive were 6.3 minutes early on average, and 0.0% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

Southwest Airlines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 381 flights in the period.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at GEG), flights leaving from 9 am to 10 am had the highest on-time share, 98.2%; those leaving from 5 pm to 6 pm had the lowest, 83.3%.

The on-time share is up 3.1 points on the previous 12 months (87.2%); cancellations moved from 0.3% to 0.0%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 63%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 5%.

90.3%arrived on timenational 76.0%
-6.3 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
0.0%cancellednational 1.8%
32flights a month381 in 12 months · 723 miles
Every scheduled GEG to OAK flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines381100%90.3%-6.3 min0.0%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureGEG to OAKAll departures from GEGAll arrivals at OAKAll reported flights
Arrived on time90.3%83.8%79.0%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late9.7%15.2%20.4%21.9%
Cancelled0.0%0.7%0.5%1.8%
Diverted0.0%0.2%0.0%0.3%
Average arrival delay-6.3 min1.2 min3.2 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights4651,1341,1401,684
Scheduled flights38118,47431,3757,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, OAK to GEG, recorded 73.5% on time across 381 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled GEG to OAK flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 90.3% against 87.2% (+3.1 pts), cancelled 0.0% against 0.3%, flights 381 against 611.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave GEG (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier32.6%33.3%462
Late-arriving aircraft62.9%39.7%891
National Aviation System4.5%20.7%64
Extreme weather0.0%6.1%0
Security0.0%0.1%0
1,417 delay minutes on 37 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan12689.7%0.0%-8.1 min3
Feb12091.7%0.0%-6.0 min3
Mar14390.9%0.0%-3.4 min3
Apr13786.9%0.0%-1.3 min3
May13792.7%0.0%-5.2 min3
Jun12781.1%0.0%1.9 min3
Jul13376.7%1.5%3.6 min3
Aug15381.0%0.0%4.7 min3
Sep14692.5%0.0%-5.4 min3
Oct13694.9%0.0%-6.3 min3
Nov14293.0%0.0%-9.7 min3
Dec14987.9%0.0%-2.0 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Spokane (GEG)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
GEG–SEASpokane to Seattle5,02485.0%-0.1 min1.0%
GEG–DENSpokane to Denver2,05283.5%2.0 min0.3%
GEG–SLCSpokane to Salt Lake City1,67189.8%-5.1 min0.7%
GEG–PHXSpokane to Phoenix1,25883.1%6.0 min0.4%
GEG–PDXSpokane to Portland1,02885.3%1.1 min0.9%
GEG–SFOSpokane to San Francisco89672.9%12.5 min0.3%
GEG–LAXSpokane to Los Angeles87890.3%-4.0 min0.6%
GEG–LASSpokane to Las Vegas85582.5%0.3 min0.2%

All 22 routes and the airport record for GEG · airport record for OAK

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Spokane to Oakland on time?

90.3% of the 381 flights scheduled from GEG to OAK in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from GEG to OAK?

Southwest Airlines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Spokane and Oakland?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 63%, air carrier 33%, national aviation system 5%, extreme weather 0%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from GEG?

Flights scheduled to leave GEG from 9 am to 10 am arrived on time 98.2% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 5 pm to 6 pm at 83.3%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 90.3%, up 3.1 points on the previous 12 months (87.2%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, October had the highest on-time share (94.9%) and July the lowest (76.7%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.