Flights Oakland → Phoenix
OAK → PHX
Route overview
This flight route operates from Oakland, a city with an airport that has been in operation since 1927, to Phoenix. Over the course of its operations, it has recorded 495 flights, with a mean delay of 10.9 minutes and a punctuality rate of 78%, using aircraft such as Airbus A319, Canadair Regional Jet 900, and Boeing 737-300. The destination airport in Phoenix sees an annual passenger traffic of nearly 44.4 million passengers.
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) → Phoenix (PHX) route is operated by American Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 668 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.60%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes.
Heading to Phoenix: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oakland (OAK) to Phoenix (PHX) heads south-east for about 1,039 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 43m.
Departures from Oakland on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of OAK-PHX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Phoenix it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 668 tracked OAK-PHX flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.6% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about OAK-PHX
On the Oakland (OAK) -> Phoenix (PHX) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 668 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oakland-Phoenix is 0.60% across 668 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
