Flights Boise → Oakland
BOI → OAK
Route overview
The flight route from Boise to Oakland has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 6.8 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1927, serves 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 Boise (BOI) → Oakland (OAK) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 184 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.54%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Boise the average ATFM delay is 1.9 minutes.
Heading to Oakland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boise (BOI) to Oakland (OAK) heads south-west for about 823 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 27m.
Departures from Boise on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 52% of BOI-OAK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boise the average ATFM delay is 1.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Oakland it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 184 tracked BOI-OAK flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 0.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BOI-OAK
On the Boise (BOI) -> Oakland (OAK) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 184 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boise-Oakland is 0.54% across 184 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.
