DAL → OAK Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to Oakland, CA · 444 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 46 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 87% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 48% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
63%
Median delay
+5 min
90th percentile
+74 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DAL to OAK?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → OAK (444 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 63% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +5 min; the worst 10% ran +74 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time27863%
16-30 min5312%
31-60 min5713%
61-120 min368%
2+ hrs153%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076167%+18 min
2025-083871%+11 min
2025-093482%+7 min
2025-103155%+25 min
2025-113563%+20 min
2025-123762%+18 min
2026-013281%+6 min
2026-023161%+15 min
2026-033165%+14 min
2026-043667%+16 min
2026-053951%+26 min
2026-063432%+43 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5756%
Tue5569%
Wed5666%
Thu5765%
Fri5774%
Sat6863%
Sun8955%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…