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Route Reliability

Long Beach → Oakland

LGB–OAK · 353 miles · Long Beach Airport to Oakland International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
90%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min early
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
1,649
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 90% of the time across 1,649 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LGB–OAK flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 82% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGB–OAK flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 86%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon92%(244 flights)
  • Tue95%(244 flights)
  • Wed90%(247 flights)
  • Thu88%(245 flights)
  • Fri91%(236 flights)
  • Sat91%(180 flights)
  • Sun86%(247 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM97%(373 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(339 flights)
  • 12–3 PM91%(252 flights)
  • 3–6 PM88%(302 flights)
  • 6–9 PM82%(377 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 87% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%141
July 202588%144
August 202592%148
September 202593%146
October 202591%147
November 202583%143
December 202589%141
January 202691%142
February 202694%135
March 202691%122
April 202694%116
May 202691%118

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,649 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.