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Route Reliability

Oakland → Long Beach

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

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.3%
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 87% of the time across 1,649 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

OAK–LGB flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 78% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

OAK–LGB flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 82%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,649 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon87%(243 flights)
  • Tue94%(245 flights)
  • Wed90%(247 flights)
  • Thu85%(246 flights)
  • Fri83%(236 flights)
  • Sat88%(179 flights)
  • Sun82%(247 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM96%(374 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(341 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(274 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(344 flights)
  • 6–9 PM85%(310 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 87% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%141
July 202588%144
August 202585%148
September 202583%146
October 202593%147
November 202591%143
December 202581%140
January 202689%143
February 202688%135
March 202685%123
April 202686%116
May 202688%117

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.