Oakland (OAK) – Santa Ana (SNA)
- Distance
- 597 km
- 371 mi · 322 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 21 min / 1 h 20 min
- Average gate to gate: OAK → SNA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 75 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (44 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 477,309
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −10.5%
- Flights / week
- 90
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 70%
- 680,036 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, NK, OO
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 OAK
- 137°
- Heading from SNA
- 320°
- Halfway point
- 35.72, -119.99
- Great-circle km
- 597 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air OAK → SNA
- 1 h 5 min
- In the air SNA → OAK
- 1 h 1 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 48,947 |
| Sep 2025 | 42,936 |
| Oct 2025 | 43,914 |
| Nov 2025 | 40,884 |
| Dec 2025 | 42,251 |
| Jan 2026 | 30,417 |
| Feb 2026 | 33,991 |
| Mar 2026 | 39,982 |
| Apr 2026 | 39,060 |
| May 2026 | 39,484 |
| Jun 2026 | 38,360 |
| Jul 2026 | 37,083 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 410 |
| Sep 2025 | 383 |
| Oct 2025 | 394 |
| Nov 2025 | 388 |
| Dec 2025 | 394 |
| Jan 2026 | 329 |
| Feb 2026 | 344 |
| Mar 2026 | 408 |
| Apr 2026 | 390 |
| May 2026 | 404 |
| Jun 2026 | 409 |
| Jul 2026 | 432 |
Airlines flying OAK–SNA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 89 | 99% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 0.3 | 1% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 0.3 | 0% |
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 · 3,912 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 735 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 15 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 13 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 6 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 3 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 1 flight
Also carried: 35 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 85.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 8 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 4,706
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 64% · air traffic system 5% · 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
- $228
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $194
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $228
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $228
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $178 · Q3 2025 $172 · Q4 2025 $204 · Q1 2026 $228).
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: 597 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.