Route
LAX → OAK
Los Angeles International Airport Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport
Alerts at LAX and OAK
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 79.8%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 54 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 2,055
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 68%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 30%
- Air traffic control & airport 2%
- Extreme weather 0%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 84.0% | 181 |
| October 2025 | 82.1% | 197 |
| November 2025 | 81.9% | 184 |
| December 2025 | 83.9% | 180 |
| January 2026 | 87.3% | 158 |
| February 2026 | 78.3% | 154 |
| March 2026 | 84.0% | 169 |
| April 2026 | 73.4% | 169 |
| May 2026 | 71.4% | 176 |
| June 2026 | 65.6% | 163 |
| July 2026 | 81.7% | 165 |
| August 2026 | 83.0% | 159 |
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Airlines on this route
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 2,055 | 79.8% | 0.4% | 54 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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WN2749
50% late · 58 flights
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WN2418
24% late · 51 flights
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WN4554
47% late · 51 flights
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WN1184
4% late · 50 flights
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WN894
8% late · 50 flights
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WN3164
6% late · 47 flights
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WN2323
9% late · 45 flights
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WN571
20% late · 44 flights
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WN2415
5% late · 43 flights
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WN279
10% late · 43 flights
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WN3014
16% late · 43 flights
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WN4893
19% late · 43 flights
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WN1456
26% late · 42 flights
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WN946
38% late · 42 flights
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WN2100
18% late · 39 flights
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WN3386
28% late · 39 flights
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WN193
3% late · 37 flights
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WN3382
6% late · 36 flights
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WN1218
12% late · 33 flights
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WN1841
6% late · 33 flights
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WN2875
25% late · 32 flights
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WN1718
16% late · 31 flights
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WN2317
6% late · 31 flights
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WN988
10% late · 31 flights
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