Flights Kona → Oakland
KOA → OAK
Route overview
The flight route connects Kona with Oakland, operating on a Boeing 737 aircraft. The destination airport in Oakland opened in 1927 and currently 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 Kona (KOA) → Oakland (OAK) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines. Across 31 flights monitored in recent months, 97% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13/100 (low), 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 Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 minutes.
Heading to Oakland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kona (KOA) to Oakland (OAK) heads north-east for about 3,825 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 12m.
Departures from Kona on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of KOA-OAK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Oakland it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 31 tracked KOA-OAK flights, 97% left on time with an average delay of -2 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about KOA-OAK
On the Kona (KOA) -> Oakland (OAK) route, on-time performance is 97% with an average delay of -2 minutes, based on 31 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kona-Oakland is 0.00% across 31 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska 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.
