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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Oakland

PHX–OAK · 646 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Oakland International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
1,948
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 1,948 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–OAK flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHX–OAK flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

Slipping a little lately.

PHX–OAK flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(297 flights)
  • Tue80%(256 flights)
  • Wed78%(257 flights)
  • Thu75%(291 flights)
  • Fri78%(293 flights)
  • Sat79%(251 flights)
  • Sun71%(296 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(68 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(339 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(297 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(261 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(361 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(396 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(219 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 71% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%178
July 202570%178
August 202582%142
September 202582%134
October 202578%170
November 202580%153
December 202571%164
January 202684%152
February 202684%147
March 202682%176
April 202672%170
May 202668%177

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Based on 1,948 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.