WN2981Southwest Airlines · OAK → SAN
live · 28m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN2981 OaklandOAK · 11:20 San DiegoSAN · 12:50

WN2981 by Southwest Airlines flies from Oakland (OAK) to San Diego (SAN).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
15:00

scheduled from OAK

Typical gate push+40 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+22 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~18 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+24 gate · +10 arrival
10-30
+24 gate · +10 arrival
10-26
+40 gate · +27 arrival
10-23
+40 gate · +22 arrival
10-22
+60 gate · +43 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +22 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
OAKOaklandModerate riskOAK delay board →
SANSan DiegoOn-time likelySAN delay board →
OAK→SANevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
55%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+18 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at OAK and SAN are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Oakland to San Diego with Southwest Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
16%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 91% chance of rain at San Diego

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 9 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
F
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Oakland to San Diego flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN2971departs 06:00
WN3194departs 06:00
WN1178departs 07:30
WN1778departs 07:55
WN2531departs 07:55
WN207departs 08:00

If WN2981 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Oakland to San Diego on the same day, with scheduled departure times in OAK local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How WN2981 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN2981 across the OAK and SAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~21 min late. Based on 5 confirmed departures · 0/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN2981 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-31OAK 11:20 11:44 (+24)SAN 12:50 13:00 (+10)
10-30OAK 11:20 11:44 (+24)SAN 12:50 13:00 (+10)
10-26OAK 11:20 12:00 (+40)SAN 12:50 13:17 (+27)
10-23OAK 11:20 12:00 (+40)SAN 12:50 13:12 (+22)
10-22OAK 11:20 12:20 (+60)SAN 12:50 13:33 (+43)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N950WN, N8570W, N8520Q, N951WN.

Board clocks recorded as OAK and SAN published them.

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Pro Flight Search: WN2981 Oakland to San Diego on-time performance, measured from the OAK and SAN airport boards.

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