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Route Reliability

Oakland → SBA

OAK–SBA · 263 miles · Oakland International Airport to SBA Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
292
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 88% of the time across 292 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

OAK–SBA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 85% between 12–3 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

OAK–SBA flights arrived on time 97% of the time on Tuesdays and just 75% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

OAK–SBA flights arrived on time 88% 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
  • Mon90%(49 flights)
  • Tue97%(31 flights)
  • Wed83%(29 flights)
  • Thu88%(48 flights)
  • Fri94%(48 flights)
  • Sat75%(32 flights)
  • Sun89%(52 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM98%(41 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(133 flights)
  • 3–6 PM89%(109 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(5 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 85% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%26
July 202592%26
August 202596%22
September 2025100%21
October 202577%17
November 202587%30
December 202583%30
February 202683%18
March 202686%29
April 202687%30
May 202690%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 292 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.