OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Oakland to Burbank

325 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on OAK–BUR arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.3%of scheduled flights

based on 2,813 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights2,813

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline34%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline59%
  • Weather24%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 37 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly OAK → BUR

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 91% on time.

  • Mornings91% on time · p90 5 min · 2,809 flights
  • Middays87% on time · p90 15 min · 2,468 flights
  • Afternoons81% on time · p90 30 min · 1,535 flights
  • Evenings75% on time · p90 45 min · 1,993 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 70 min · 562 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 88% on time.

  • Wednesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,296 flights
  • Tuesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,292 flights
  • Saturdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 982 flights
  • Mondays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,477 flights
  • Thursdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 1,489 flights
  • Sundays79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,338 flights
  • Fridays79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,493 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.