LAX → OAK Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Los Angeles, CA to Oakland, CA · 2,098 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 117 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 52% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
81%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+35 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on LAX → OAK (2,098 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 81% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +35 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,68881%
16-30 min1618%
31-60 min1336%
61-120 min764%
2+ hrs281%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0717883%-1 min
2025-0818486%-2 min
2025-0918186%-3 min
2025-1019684%+1 min
2025-1118283%-1 min
2025-1218084%0 min
2026-0115788%-8 min
2026-0215279%+3 min
2026-0316984%-2 min
2026-0416974%+5 min
2026-0517573%+6 min
2026-0616367%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon31879%
Tue28688%
Wed27888%
Thu31478%
Fri31776%
Sat24185%
Sun33275%

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