Flight profile · Southwest Airlines
WN808
Oakland (OAK) to Honolulu (HNL) · scheduled 9:05 AM – 11:55 AM
How WN808 performs
1,088 operations, July 2023 – August 2026.
Between its first and last recorded date on OAK → HNL, WN808 averaged about one operation a day or more (1,088 in 1,158 days, cancelled ones included).
WN808 arrived on time 84.7% of the time, against 81.1% for all OAK → HNL flights, so this departure is 3.6 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Southwest Airlines’ own flights on this route it is 2.2 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,088 operations, July 2023 – August 2026 · If WN808 is cancelled or significantly changed, DOT’s automatic refund rule may entitle you to your money back. The refund checker walks through eligibility.
Where WN808 is right now
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Against the rest of the route
| Flight or route | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN808 | 84.7% | 0.00% | -10 min | 2.0% | 1,088 |
| Southwest Airlines on OAK → HNL | 82.5% | 0.00% | -8 min | 3.2% | 1,767 |
| All OAK → HNL flights | 81.1% | 1.49% | -6 min | 4.2% | 2,947 |
None of WN808’s 1,088 operations was cancelled; the route as a whole cancels 1.49%.
2.0% of WN808’s arrivals were an hour or more late, against 4.2% across OAK → HNL, so the long delays are less common on this number than on the route.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
Why WN808 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for WN808 on OAK → HNL. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
Does a late aircraft delay this flight?
How often the plane that flies WN808 comes in late, and what that does to the departure.
The aircraft flying WN808 came in 15 or more minutes late on 8% of the departures where its previous flight is known. There are not enough departures in both groups to say how the flight left after a late one and after an on-time one.
Matched by tail number to the aircraft’s previous flight into OAK: 1,058 of 1,088 departures. Unknown, cancelled or diverted inbounds and gaps over 12 hours are left out.
Against the network at the same turn length
| Share of departures | Inbound landed 15+ late |
|---|---|
| WN808 | 8% |
| Network, same turn | 17% |
75 scheduled minutes is enough to clean and board when the aircraft is on time, with little to spare when it is not.
The network row is every flight with a scheduled turn of 60 to 89 minutes. How often WN808’s aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late is lower than the network’s. There are not enough departures in both groups to compare how it left.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
From pushback to gate
When it leaves OAK late, does that still matter by the time it reaches HNL?
WN808 pushes back an average of 6.9 minutes late and reaches the gate at HNL an average of 5.2 minutes early. The 12.1 minutes between those two figures are slack the published schedule already carries, so on average a late pushback on this flight is made up before the gate. Its 13.6 minutes on the taxiways at OAK is about what any departure from the airport in that hour spends.
On arrival at HNL, WN808 spends 5.3 min taxiing from touchdown to the gate — ground time a connecting passenger sits through before they can even leave the aircraft, on top of however late the flight itself ran. That is 3.0 minutes shorter than a typical HNL arrival (8.3 min).
Taxi-out is gate to wheels up and sits inside the scheduled block; the hourly comparison is 9,145 OAK departures. Taxi-in is landing to gate, set against 191,221 arrivals at HNL. More on taxi time.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
The hour it leaves OAK
WN808 has one departure time, 9:05 AM, so this is what that hour at OAK is worth.
On-time arrival rate. 9,145 departures from OAK are scheduled in the 9 AM–10 AM hour over the period, against 119,955 across the whole day.
WN808 is scheduled out of OAK at 9:05 AM, in the 9 AM–10 AM bank. Departures from OAK in that hour arrive on time 88.9% of the time against 81.8% across the airport’s whole day — the slot alone is worth 7.1 points better before anything about this particular flight is considered.
Both airport figures cover every destination from OAK, so they describe the slot, not this journey; the route comparison is above. Why the hour matters.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026 · Hours below 120 departures are not scored.
By day of week
Does WN808 run worse on particular days?
Monday is historically the most reliable day and Wednesday the least, a gap of 11.4 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes WN808 has flown
Carriers reassign flight numbers. WN808 also served these 2 other city pairs in the period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUR→OAK Burbank to Oakland | June 4, 2026 – August 3, 2026 | 55 | — |
| DEN→OAK Denver to Oakland | July 4, 2026 | 1 | — |
The figures above describe only OAK → HNL, the route WN808 flies now.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
24 min late
against a median of 10 min early
Percentiles over 1,088 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
Other flights on this route
Same airports, same journey, different odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN808 this flight | Southwest Airlines | 84.7% | 10 min early | 1,088 |
| HA47 | Hawaiian Airlines | 78.1% | 2 min early | 847 |
Among all 2 departures on this route with at least 600 operations, WN808 has the highest on-time rate. Every departure here has at least 600 operations; the other rows are the most punctual on the route, not all of them.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,088 records of WN808 operating OAK → HNL, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule; cancelled and diverted flights are reported separately, not in the on-time rate.
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