OAK → SAN Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Oakland, CA to San Diego, CA · 2,939 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 155 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 50% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+54 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on OAK → SAN (2,939 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +3 min; the worst 10% ran +54 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,97268%
16-30 min36613%
31-60 min32211%
61-120 min1866%
2+ hrs622%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0726875%+9 min
2025-0826473%+10 min
2025-0925671%+13 min
2025-1026670%+14 min
2025-1124865%+17 min
2025-1225759%+21 min
2026-0121979%+10 min
2026-0221974%+9 min
2026-0322772%+15 min
2026-0422761%+18 min
2026-0523558%+18 min
2026-0622256%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon45867%
Tue40074%
Wed38675%
Thu44560%
Fri45860%
Sat30478%
Sun45767%

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