Flights Oakland → Denver
OAK → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Oakland to Denver has a punctuality rate of 69%, with an average delay of 16.2 minutes per flight. With over 359 flights recorded, this route connects the historic Oakland International Airport, which opened in 1927, to the bustling Denver International Airport, established much more recently in 1989 and serving nearly 82.4 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) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 516 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.97%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oakland (OAK) to Denver (DEN) heads east for about 1,537 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 20m.
Departures from Oakland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 51% of OAK-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 516 tracked OAK-DEN flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 1.0% 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-DEN
On the Oakland (OAK) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 516 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oakland-Denver is 0.97% across 516 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.
