Flights Oakland → Austin
OAK → AUS
Route overview
The flight route from Oakland to Austin has a 74% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 13.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 88 flights departing from Oakland International Airport, which opened in 1927, heading towards Austin's busy airport that serves over 21 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 Oakland (OAK) → Austin (AUS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 119 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.84%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.8/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes.
Heading to Austin: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oakland (OAK) to Austin (AUS) heads east for about 2,406 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 26m.
Departures from Oakland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of OAK-AUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Austin it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 119 tracked OAK-AUS flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.8% 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 OAK-AUS
On the Oakland (OAK) -> Austin (AUS) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 119 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oakland-Austin is 0.84% across 119 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.
