Burbank (BUR) – Oakland (OAK)
- Distance
- 523 km
- 325 mi · 282 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 11 min / 1 h 5 min
- Average gate to gate: BUR → OAK / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 66 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (39 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 534,239
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −11.8%
- Flights / week
- 104
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 71%
- 757,149 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from BUR
- 319°
- Heading from OAK
- 137°
- Halfway point
- 35.98, -120.25
- Great-circle km
- 523 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BUR → OAK
- 52 min
- In the air OAK → BUR
- 52 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 54,118 |
| Sep 2025 | 52,577 |
| Oct 2025 | 53,270 |
| Nov 2025 | 48,314 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,771 |
| Jan 2026 | 38,119 |
| Feb 2026 | 38,957 |
| Mar 2026 | 42,357 |
| Apr 2026 | 41,158 |
| May 2026 | 42,766 |
| Jun 2026 | 38,743 |
| Jul 2026 | 36,089 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 512 |
| Sep 2025 | 506 |
| Oct 2025 | 503 |
| Nov 2025 | 474 |
| Dec 2025 | 453 |
| Jan 2026 | 418 |
| Feb 2026 | 395 |
| Mar 2026 | 433 |
| Apr 2026 | 422 |
| May 2026 | 433 |
| Jun 2026 | 424 |
| Jul 2026 | 441 |
Airlines flying BUR–OAK nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 104 | 100% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 5,413 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1 flight
Also carried: 71 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 83.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 10 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Flights counted
- 5,470
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 65% · air traffic system 8% · weather 1% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $194
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $174
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $194
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $194
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $162 · Q3 2025 $161 · Q4 2025 $179 · Q1 2026 $194).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $198, likely $175–$225
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.3%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 523 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.