Flights Burbank → Oakland
BUR → OAK
Route overview
This flight route connects Burbank to Oakland, with a high on-time performance rate of 82%. Over the past year, it has seen an average delay of just 5.9 minutes per flight across 633 total flights. The origin airport in Burbank opened in 1942, while the destination airport in Oakland, which handles over eleven million passengers annually, dates back to 1927.
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 Burbank (BUR) → Oakland (OAK) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 892 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 1.35%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.8/100 (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 Burbank the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes.
Heading to Oakland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Burbank (BUR) to Oakland (OAK) heads north-west for about 523 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 4m.
Departures from Burbank on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of BUR-OAK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Burbank the average ATFM delay is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Oakland it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 892 tracked BUR-OAK flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 1.4% 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 BUR-OAK
On the Burbank (BUR) -> Oakland (OAK) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 892 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Burbank-Oakland is 1.35% across 892 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.
