Oklahoma City, OK · Airport profile
OKC
OKC Will Rogers World Airport
OKC right now
Live conditions where a permitted source publishes them, and the historical record where none does.
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80.3% leave on time
13:00–13:59 local · 4,360 departures on record
When flights run late in this hour, most of the delay is attributed to late-arriving aircraft.
Historical pattern for OKC from US DOT BTS — not a live reading.
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Airport reliability
Best time to fly from OKC
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time.
Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 88.6% of the time, against 69.9% for 9 PM–5 AM departures — a gap of 18.7 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
What to expect at OKC
How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.
Scheduled departures by hour
The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 7 departures a day, against roughly 0 at 9 PM. Counterintuitively, that peak is also more punctual than a typical hour here — early banks fly aircraft that have been on the ground overnight rather than ones inheriting the day’s delays.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Taxi-out is the time between leaving the gate and lifting off, averaged across departures and weighted by hour.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 4.6 percentage points.
By month
June is historically the weakest month and September the strongest, a spread of 9.8 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Airlines at OKC
Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.
| Carrier | Departures | On time | Cancelled | Median delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | 21,764 | 82.3% | 0.70% | -6 min |
| SkyWest Airlines OO | 21,480 | 82.1% | 1.02% | -7 min |
| American Airlines AA | 7,764 | 78.5% | 2.20% | -6 min |
| Envoy Air MQ | 5,342 | 81.3% | 2.25% | -7 min |
| Delta Air Lines DL | 5,196 | 89.1% | 1.35% | -15 min |
| Republic Airways YX | 3,106 | 81.9% | 3.25% | -9 min |
| Frontier Airlines F9 | 1,599 | 77.0% | 1.25% | -11 min |
| PSA Airlines OH | 1,113 | 73.0% | 3.95% | -4 min |
| Alaska Airlines AS | 1,085 | 81.8% | 1.20% | -3 min |
| United Airlines UA | 833 | 75.7% | 0.84% | -1 min |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.
Routes from OKC
Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.
Most reliable
Busiest routes
| Destination | Flights | On time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| OKC → DFW Dallas–Fort Worth | 9,617 | 77.6% | 51 |
| OKC → DEN Denver | 9,328 | 78.1% | 67 |
| OKC → ORD Chicago | 6,737 | 79.5% | 61 |
| OKC → ATL Atlanta | 5,859 | 88.1% | 80 |
| OKC → PHX Phoenix | 5,481 | 82.7% | 73 |
| OKC → HOU Houston | 3,903 | 83.0% | 79 |
| OKC → LAS Las Vegas | 3,501 | 80.8% | 76 |
| OKC → IAH Houston | 2,951 | 82.2% | 68 |
| OKC → LGA New York | 2,846 | 83.6% | 60 |
| OKC → LAX Los Angeles | 2,381 | 86.8% | 81 |
| OKC → CLT Charlotte | 2,344 | 81.4% | 62 |
| OKC → SLC Salt Lake City | 2,133 | 89.4% | 84 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Only routes with at least 750 flights are ranked.
Reliability over time
On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Data and sources
Historical statistics
Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – June 2026, comprising 69,718 departures from OKC. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.
Live conditions
Aviation weather comes from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center. Operational events come from the FAA where available. FlyerIntel shows the age of every live value and does not display data it cannot currently retrieve.