The flight time from Santa Ana to Oakland is 1 hour, 18 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SNA Santa Ana, CA on time.
10 minutes taxiing out
1 hour in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives OAK Oakland, CA 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
90%
Southwest
85%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Santa Ana to Oakland is 1 hour, 18 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour.

The flight distance from Santa Ana to Oakland is 371 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Oakland to Santa Ana
1 hour, 20 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 18m
Spirit
1h 19m
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

52

Distance

371 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
46
Spirit
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Santa Ana from Oakland by plane?

The distance from Santa Ana to Oakland by plane is 371 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Santa Ana to Oakland?

The flight time from Santa Ana to Oakland is 1 hour, 18 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 18 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 1 hour, 19 minutes.

What airlines fly from Santa Ana to Oakland?

Southwest and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Santa Ana to Oakland.

Does Southwest fly from Santa Ana to Oakland?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Santa Ana (SNA) to Oakland (OAK). On average, they have 46 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 Santa Ana on time
Taxi Out Time 10 minutes
In the Air 60 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 Santa Ana to Oakland, Southwest is 85% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 85% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 90% 10% 0%
Southwest 85% 14% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Santa Ana 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 10 60 5 78
Spirit 11 61 6 79

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
3pm 0.23
10am 0.9
6pm 0.64
9am 0.37
7pm 0.24
1pm 0.47
2pm 0.38
12pm 0.14
6am 0.21
4pm 0.76
7am 0.51
11am 0.76
5pm 0.49
8pm 0.59
9pm 0.02
8am 0.73

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Santa Ana 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 229
February 200
March 220
April 224
May 243
June 238
July 237
August 235
September 228
October 207
November 235
December 249

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Santa Ana 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 8.65
Tuesday 7.12
Wednesday 7.13
Thursday 8.58
Friday 8.63
Saturday 4.79
Sunday 7.88

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)
3pm 10 60 5 77
10am 11 60 5 77
6pm 9 60 5 76
9am 10 61 5 79
7pm 9 59 6 75
1pm 11 60 5 78
2pm 10 59 5 75
12pm 10 61 5 80
6am 23 59 5 90
4pm 10 60 5 77
7am 15 61 6 84
11am 11 61 5 79
5pm 10 61 5 77
8pm 9 61 5 76
9pm 8 59 5 75
8am 10 61 5 77
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.