Airport month record
OAKNOV
Oakland International in November 2025
- Departures
- 2,618
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 4
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at OAK, see live FAA status.
OAK in November lands a B, 2 points better than the national rate of 79.4%. Roughly one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 2,618 flights, with a median arrival 5 minutes early.
Key figures
On time
81.6%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,560 completed departures
Avg delay
56 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.06%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
79.5%
OAK across all twelve months
These figures cover 2,618 departures from Oakland International in November 2025. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
November next to OAK's other months
Against OAK's own year, November ran 2 points better than the twelve-month rate of 79.5%, which makes it number four of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where November stands out: 2.06% of scheduled departures were called off, 3.2 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, October ran 79.6% on time and December 76.7%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 3,046 | 78.4% | 62 min | 1.05% | B |
| August 2025 | 2,850 | 81.4% | 58 min | 0.35% | B+ |
| September 2025 | 2,714 | 82.4% | 47 min | 0.29% | B+ |
| October 2025 | 2,771 | 79.6% | 52 min | 0.25% | B+ |
| November 2025 (this page) | 2,618 | 81.6% | 56 min | 2.06% | B |
| December 2025 | 2,646 | 76.7% | 50 min | 0.57% | B+ |
| January 2026 | 2,408 | 88.4% | 54 min | 0.46% | A+ |
| February 2026 | 2,356 | 83.7% | 50 min | 0.25% | B+ |
| March 2026 | 2,569 | 80.1% | 53 min | 0.97% | B+ |
| April 2026 | 2,509 | 76.4% | 46 min | 0.28% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 2,683 | 76.1% | 50 min | 0.63% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 2,597 | 69.7% | 49 min | 0.42% | C+ |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave OAK in November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 21 points, against half a point between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am539 flights91.0%
- 8am–11am493 flights87.4%
- 11am–2pm508 flights81.5%
- 2pm–5pm431 flights80.0%
- 5pm–8pm425 flights71.2%
- 8pm–5am222 flights69.9%
Scale runs 60% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 91.0% of the time, against 69.9% for the overnight window. That is 21 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 539 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 88.4% on time and Sunday the weakest at 74.2%. 14 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at OAK in November
Only one carrier clears this site's 365-flight floor here, so there is no comparison to draw. The table below is the full picture.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 2,374 | 80.8% | 56 min | 1.81% | B |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 95 | 93.4% | 87 min | 4.21% | A− |
| Hawaiian Airlinesthin sample | 72 | 87.9% | 44 min | 8.33% | A− |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 67 | 86.4% | 32 min | 1.49% | A |
Route by route
Busiest routes out of OAK in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK to SAN · San Diegothin sample | 260 | 62.9% | 50 min | 4.23% | D− |
| OAK to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 245 | 82.5% | 65 min | 2.04% | B |
| OAK to BUR · Burbankthin sample | 240 | 76.4% | 70 min | 1.25% | B |
| OAK to SNA · Santa Anathin sample | 198 | 87.1% | 46 min | 2.02% | A |
| OAK to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 184 | 79.6% | 56 min | 1.63% | B |
| OAK to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 158 | 77.6% | 66 min | 1.27% | B |
| OAK to SEA · Seattlethin sample | 153 | 85.1% | 46 min | 3.27% | A− |
| OAK to LGB · Long Beachthin sample | 143 | 90.2% | 46 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| OAK to ONT · Ontariothin sample | 130 | 84.0% | 53 min | 3.08% | B− |
| OAK to DEN · Denverthin sample | 129 | 84.3% | 50 min | 1.55% | B |
| OAK to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample | 119 | 86.3% | 63 min | 1.68% | A |
| OAK to PDX · Portlandthin sample | 112 | 85.2% | 52 min | 3.57% | A− |
| OAK to OGG · Kahuluithin sample | 61 | 98.2% | 52 min | 6.56% | A− |
| OAK to HNL · Honoluluthin sample | 60 | 79.7% | 46 min | 1.67% | B |
| OAK to BOI · Boisethin sample | 59 | 86.4% | 80 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| OAK to LIH · Lihuethin sample | 41 | 95.0% | 60 min | 2.44% | A |
| OAK to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 37 | 80.6% | 59 min | 2.70% | B |
| OAK to HOU · Houstonthin sample | 33 | 90.3% | 27 min | 6.06% | A− |
| OAK to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 33 | 74.2% | 42 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| OAK to PSP · Palm Springsthin sample | 33 | 75.8% | 50 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| OAK to GEG · Spokanethin sample | 30 | 73.3% | 47 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| OAK to EUG · Eugenethin sample | 30 | 83.3% | 36 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| OAK to AUS · Austinthin sample | 30 | 90.0% | 104 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| OAK to SBA · Santa Barbarathin sample | 30 | 86.7% | 54 min | 0.00% | A+ |
Delay causes
What held OAK up in November
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 46% of the 26,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.
- 46%Late-arriving aircraft
- 30%Carrier
- 22%National Airspace System
- 2%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
46% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 26,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 26 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 26,271 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 2.06% against a national 2.49%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.15%.
6.0% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last about an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from OAK in November
For a November trip through OAK: expect 81.6% on time and 2.06% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Oakland International (OAK), the whole year
- OAK in July78.4%
- OAK in August81.4%
- OAK in September82.4%
- OAK in October79.6%
- OAK in December76.7%
- OAK in January88.4%
- OAK in February83.7%
- OAK in March80.1%
- OAK in April76.4%
- OAK in May76.1%
- OAK in June69.7%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.