Flights Austin → Oakland
AUS → OAK
How long is the flight from Austin to Oakland?
The flight from Austin (AUS) to Oakland (OAK) takes 3h 16m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to Oakland has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 52%, with an average delay time of 26.5 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 88 flights along this route, serving the busy Oakland International Airport, which opened in 1927 and currently handles over eleven million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → Oakland (OAK) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 210 flights monitored in recent months, 40% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 31 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Oakland the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Oakland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to Oakland (OAK) heads north-west for about 2,406 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 16m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 60% of AUS-OAK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Oakland it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 210 tracked AUS-OAK flights, 40% left on time with an average delay of 31 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-OAK
The flight from Austin (AUS) to Oakland (OAK) takes 3h 16m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Austin (AUS) -> Oakland (OAK) route, on-time performance is 40% with an average delay of 31 minutes, based on 210 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-Oakland is 0.00% across 210 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
