Flights Oakland → San Diego
OAK → SAN
Route overview
The flight route from Oakland to San Diego, operated by a Boeing 737-300 aircraft, has seen 713 total flights with a punctuality rate of 71%. On average, when delays occur, they last approximately 14 minutes. Both the origin and destination airports have been in operation since the late 1920s, with San Diego International Airport serving over 22 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) → San Diego (SAN) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 992 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.60%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes.
Heading to San Diego: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oakland (OAK) to San Diego (SAN) heads south-east for about 718 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from Oakland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 52% of OAK-SAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into San Diego it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 992 tracked OAK-SAN flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.6% 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-SAN
On the Oakland (OAK) -> San Diego (SAN) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 992 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oakland-San Diego is 0.60% across 992 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.
