Flights Los Angeles → Oakland
LAX → OAK
Route overview
The flight route from Los Angeles to Oakland operates with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 700 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft, serving a total of 492 flights. With an on-time performance rate of 71%, the average delay for these flights is approximately 15 minutes.
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 Los Angeles (LAX) → Oakland (OAK) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 822 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.97%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24/100 (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 Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Oakland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Los Angeles (LAX) to Oakland (OAK) heads north-west for about 543 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 6m.
Departures from Los Angeles on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of LAX-OAK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Oakland it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 822 tracked LAX-OAK flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about LAX-OAK
On the Los Angeles (LAX) -> Oakland (OAK) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 822 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Los Angeles-Oakland is 0.97% across 822 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
