Flights Oakland → Salt Lake City
OAK → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Oakland to Salt Lake City, operated primarily with Airbus A320 and A319 aircraft, boasts an on-time performance rate of 86%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of only 5.5 minutes. The origin airport in Oakland, which has been open since 1927, serves as the starting point for this route that connects to Salt Lake City's highly trafficked international airport, which sees over 25 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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 601 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.17%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oakland (OAK) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-east for about 945 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 36m.
Departures from Oakland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 33% of OAK-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 601 tracked OAK-SLC flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.2% 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 OAK-SLC
On the Oakland (OAK) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 601 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oakland-Salt Lake City is 0.17% across 601 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.
