Flights Oakland → Houston
OAK → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Oakland to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, with 86% of flights arriving on time. Over the past period, there have been 90 total flights, each averaging a delay of 7.8 minutes. The origin airport in Oakland has been open since 1927, while the destination city's airport serves over 13.9 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) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oakland (OAK) to Houston (HOU) heads east for about 2,639 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 43m.
Departures from Oakland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 61% of OAK-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked OAK-HOU flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.0% 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-HOU
On the Oakland (OAK) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oakland-Houston is 0.00% across 120 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.
