Flights Santa Ana → Oakland
SNA → OAK
Route overview
The flight route from Santa Ana to Oakland has an on-time performance rate of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 6.8 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1927, serves over eleven million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in its region.
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 Santa Ana (SNA) → Oakland (OAK) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 784 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.51%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Oakland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Ana (SNA) to Oakland (OAK) heads north-west for about 597 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from Santa Ana on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 46% of SNA-OAK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Oakland it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 784 tracked SNA-OAK flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.5% 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 SNA-OAK
On the Santa Ana (SNA) -> Oakland (OAK) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 784 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Ana-Oakland is 0.51% across 784 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.
