Los Angeles (LAX) – Oakland (OAK)
- Distance
- 542 km
- 337 mi · 293 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 11 min / 1 h 18 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → OAK / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 68 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (40 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 410,310
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −18.1%
- Flights / week
- 80
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 63%
- 649,604 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 LAX
- 322°
- Heading from OAK
- 139°
- Halfway point
- 35.85, -120.27
- Great-circle km
- 543 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → OAK
- 54 min
- In the air OAK → LAX
- 56 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 | 36,188 |
| Sep 2025 | 36,586 |
| Oct 2025 | 40,885 |
| Nov 2025 | 36,619 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,240 |
| Jan 2026 | 28,817 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,093 |
| Mar 2026 | 34,403 |
| Apr 2026 | 32,621 |
| May 2026 | 35,031 |
| Jun 2026 | 31,537 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,290 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 365 |
| Sep 2025 | 363 |
| Oct 2025 | 395 |
| Nov 2025 | 372 |
| Dec 2025 | 361 |
| Jan 2026 | 318 |
| Feb 2026 | 307 |
| Mar 2026 | 337 |
| Apr 2026 | 336 |
| May 2026 | 351 |
| Jun 2026 | 326 |
| Jul 2026 | 329 |
Airlines flying LAX–OAK nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 80 | 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 · 2,196 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,304 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 648 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 12 flights
Also carried: 603 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 11 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 4,162
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 62% · air traffic system 7% · weather 0% · 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
- $192
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $177
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $192
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $192
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $169 · Q3 2025 $169 · Q4 2025 $180 · Q1 2026 $192).
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: 543 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.