The flight time from San Diego to Oakland is 1 hour, 26 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SAN San Diego, CA 1 minute early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 5 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives OAK Oakland, CA 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
82%
Spirit
78%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Diego to Oakland is 1 hour, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 5 minutes.

The flight distance from San Diego to Oakland is 446 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Oakland to San Diego
1 hour, 24 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 26m
Spirit
1h 27m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

70

Distance

446 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
64
Spirit
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is San Diego from Oakland by plane?

The distance from San Diego to Oakland by plane is 446 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from San Diego to Oakland?

The flight time from San Diego to Oakland is 1 hour, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 5 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 26 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 1 hour, 27 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Diego to Oakland?

Spirit and Southwest are the airlines with direct flights from San Diego to Oakland.

Does Southwest fly from San Diego to Oakland?

Yes! Southwest does fly from San Diego (SAN) to Oakland (OAK). On average, they have 64 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves San Diego 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 65 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Oakland 4 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from San Diego to Oakland, Southwest is 82% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 82% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 82% 17% 1%
Spirit 78% 20% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Diego and Oakland, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Southwest 14 64 5 86
Spirit 14 66 5 87

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
6pm 0.71
7pm 0.6
10am 0.43
2pm 0.53
9am 0.84
5pm 0.75
11am 0.57
8pm 0.93
4pm 0.55
7am 0.76
3pm 0.69
9pm 0.13
12pm 0.66
1pm 0.5
8am 0.64
10pm 0.02
6am 0.55

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Diego to Oakland that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 290
February 265
March 279
April 280
May 289
June 294
July 297
August 358
September 331
October 335
November 317
December 320

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Diego to Oakland that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 10.85
Tuesday 9.5
Wednesday 9.52
Thursday 10.81
Friday 10.9
Saturday 7.79
Sunday 10.92

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Southwest 1
Spirit 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
6pm 14 65 5 87
7pm 15 64 5 87
10am 16 63 5 86
2pm 13 64 5 84
9am 15 65 5 87
5pm 14 65 5 86
11am 16 64 5 87
8pm 13 64 5 84
4pm 13 65 5 84
7am 14 65 5 87
3pm 13 66 5 85
9pm 13 62 5 82
12pm 15 64 5 87
1pm 16 64 5 86
8am 14 65 5 85
10pm 14 63 5 84
6am 17 65 5 89
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.