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Route Reliability

Oakland → Los Angeles

OAK–LAX · 337 miles · Oakland International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
2,122
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 2,122 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

OAK–LAX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

OAK–LAX flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays and just 73% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

OAK–LAX flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(320 flights)
  • Tue87%(280 flights)
  • Wed88%(278 flights)
  • Thu82%(319 flights)
  • Fri79%(318 flights)
  • Sat87%(244 flights)
  • Sun73%(342 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM98%(63 flights)
  • 6–9 AM95%(387 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(332 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(331 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(435 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(514 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(39 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 85% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%184
July 202580%176
August 202580%181
September 202584%181
October 202579%197
November 202580%181
December 202578%178
January 202694%159
February 202680%153
March 202681%168
April 202680%167
May 202681%176

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,122 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.