SEA → OAK Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Seattle, WA to Oakland, CA · 1,127 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 71 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 39% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
0 min
90th percentile
+46 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SEA → OAK (1,127 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay 0 min; the worst 10% ran +46 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time81672%
16-30 min12511%
31-60 min11210%
61-120 min504%
2+ hrs232%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714167%+21 min
2025-0812469%+15 min
2025-0912070%+11 min
2025-1010980%+4 min
2025-118876%+11 min
2025-129164%+14 min
2026-018683%-1 min
2026-028078%+9 min
2026-036279%+9 min
2026-045981%+13 min
2026-056169%+4 min
2026-0610565%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon16865%
Tue16781%
Wed16581%
Thu16764%
Fri16664%
Sat12288%
Sun17168%

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