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Route Reliability

Denver → Oakland

DEN–OAK · 957 miles · Denver International Airport to Oakland International Airport

68
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
66%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,618
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 66% of the time across 1,618 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–OAK flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 46% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

DEN–OAK flights arrived on time 71% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 57%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DEN–OAK flights arrived on time 63% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon61%(234 flights)
  • Tue70%(221 flights)
  • Wed71%(220 flights)
  • Thu57%(227 flights)
  • Fri68%(231 flights)
  • Sat69%(220 flights)
  • Sun66%(253 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(368 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM73%(158 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(295 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(197 flights)
  • 6–9 PM53%(411 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM46%(176 flights)
On-time trend by month
58%
May

Jun 50% → May 58% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202550%153
July 202554%157
August 202562%143
September 202573%138
October 202569%148
November 202580%126
December 202559%135
January 202684%122
February 202677%112
March 202666%122
April 202666%122
May 202658%128

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Based on 1,618 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.