Denver (DEN) – Oakland (OAK)
- Distance
- 1,540 km
- 957 mi · 832 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 33 min / 2 h 22 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → OAK / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 193 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (114 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 451,568
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.4%
- Flights / week
- 61
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 527,951 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 DEN
- 267°
- Heading from OAK
- 76°
- Halfway point
- 39.12, -113.58
- Great-circle km
- 1,537 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → OAK
- 2 h 11 min
- In the air OAK → DEN
- 2 h 3 min
- Clocks
- Oakland is 1 h behind Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 43,074 |
| Sep 2025 | 40,595 |
| Oct 2025 | 42,283 |
| Nov 2025 | 34,922 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,896 |
| Jan 2026 | 31,710 |
| Feb 2026 | 28,080 |
| Mar 2026 | 34,667 |
| Apr 2026 | 34,900 |
| May 2026 | 36,540 |
| Jun 2026 | 42,970 |
| Jul 2026 | 43,931 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 283 |
| Sep 2025 | 275 |
| Oct 2025 | 298 |
| Nov 2025 | 254 |
| Dec 2025 | 273 |
| Jan 2026 | 245 |
| Feb 2026 | 224 |
| Mar 2026 | 245 |
| Apr 2026 | 245 |
| May 2026 | 255 |
| Jun 2026 | 292 |
| Jul 2026 | 304 |
Airlines flying DEN–OAK nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 61 | 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 B737 Max 800 · 1,445 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 880 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 868 flights
Also carried: 501 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 69.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 3,207
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 15% · 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
- $241
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $230
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $241
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $241
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $228 · Q3 2025 $223 · Q4 2025 $231 · Q1 2026 $241).
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: 1,537 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.
Every airport pair between Denver and Oakland
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