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Route Reliability

Oakland → Denver

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

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
1,615
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 1,615 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

OAK–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 56% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

OAK–DEN flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 71%.

Recent months have been rougher.

OAK–DEN flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(231 flights)
  • Tue76%(222 flights)
  • Wed79%(222 flights)
  • Thu76%(224 flights)
  • Fri71%(231 flights)
  • Sat78%(219 flights)
  • Sun72%(253 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(217 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(349 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(245 flights)
  • 12–3 PM61%(354 flights)
  • 3–6 PM56%(162 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(273 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
67%
May

Jun 67% → May 67% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%155
July 202572%155
August 202576%140
September 202573%137
October 202574%149
November 202584%127
December 202575%136
January 202688%121
February 202682%112
March 202670%121
April 202676%123
May 202667%126

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Based on 1,615 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.