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Route Reliability

SBA → Oakland

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

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min early
Average arrival delay
0.7%
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.

SBA–OAK flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday is the weak spot.

SBA–OAK flights arrived on time 97% of the time on Tuesdays. On Wednesdays: 83%.

Slipping a little lately.

SBA–OAK flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 93% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(49 flights)
  • Tue97%(30 flights)
  • Wed83%(30 flights)
  • Thu84%(49 flights)
  • Fri92%(48 flights)
  • Sat91%(32 flights)
  • Sun90%(52 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(14 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(73 flights)
  • 12–3 PM91%(99 flights)
  • 3–6 PM88%(34 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(70 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 73% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%26
July 202573%26
August 202591%22
September 202595%21
October 202588%17
November 202593%30
December 202597%31
February 202689%18
March 202693%29
April 202687%30
May 202687%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.