OAK → LAX Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Oakland, CA to Los Angeles, CA · 2,100 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 121 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 95% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 56% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
81%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+36 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on OAK → LAX (2,100 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 81% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +36 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,67481%
16-30 min1588%
31-60 min1306%
61-120 min814%
2+ hrs362%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0717680%+6 min
2025-0818180%+2 min
2025-0918184%-2 min
2025-1019779%+6 min
2025-1118180%+5 min
2025-1217878%+5 min
2026-0115994%-7 min
2026-0215380%+5 min
2026-0316881%+4 min
2026-0416780%+3 min
2026-0517681%+4 min
2026-0616270%+15 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon31578%
Tue28487%
Wed27988%
Thu31581%
Fri31377%
Sat24085%
Sun33371%

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