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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Oakland

SLC–OAK · 588 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Oakland International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
90%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
0.2%
Cancelled
1,696
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines93%1,074 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines85%622 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SLC–OAK flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 93% on time on Tuesdays against 87% on Thursdays.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 93% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 85%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,696 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(253 flights)
  • Tue93%(240 flights)
  • Wed90%(237 flights)
  • Thu87%(253 flights)
  • Fri90%(254 flights)
  • Sat90%(209 flights)
  • Sun89%(246 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(28 flights)
  • 6–9 AM97%(72 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(633 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(17 flights)
  • 3–6 PM91%(390 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(163 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM89%(389 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 85% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%147
July 202591%150
August 202590%150
September 202597%146
October 202591%150
November 202595%116
December 202591%121
January 202691%142
February 202687%148
March 202686%144
April 202688%137
May 202689%141

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,696 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.