SAN → OAK Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · San Diego, CA to Oakland, CA · 2,940 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 144 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 97% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 59% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+44 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SAN → OAK (2,940 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +44 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,19375%
16-30 min2679%
31-60 min2589%
61-120 min1425%
2+ hrs472%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0726776%+7 min
2025-0826277%+3 min
2025-0925575%+11 min
2025-1026772%+8 min
2025-1124777%+4 min
2025-1225871%+10 min
2026-0121984%-1 min
2026-0222085%-4 min
2026-0322781%+1 min
2026-0422676%+7 min
2026-0523671%+9 min
2026-0622362%+17 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon45772%
Tue39785%
Wed38584%
Thu44670%
Fri45670%
Sat30785%
Sun45969%

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