ATL to OKC flight delays
Atlanta, GA (ATL) Oklahoma City, OK (OKC) · 761 miles
1,829 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
81.41%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.19%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
61 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
12 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Delta Air Lines arrived on time 19.5 points more often than Frontier Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 24.9 points more punctual than in July — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The two directions do not behave alike. OKC to ATL arrives on time 5.2 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
The Atlanta to Oklahoma City route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on ATL to OKC. Frontier Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in July.
Every airline on ATL to OKC
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 1,725 | 82.49% | 2.14% | 58 min | C |
| Frontier Airlines | 103 | 63% | 2.91% | 84 min | F |
| Southwest Airlines | 1 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
OKC to ATL Oklahoma City back to Atlanta 86.58% on time BOther routes from Atlanta
Common questions
Are flights from Atlanta to Oklahoma City usually delayed?
81.41% of flights on the ATL to OKC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Atlanta to Oklahoma City?
Delta Air Lines, at 82.49% on time across 1,725 flights. The least punctual on the route was Frontier Airlines at 63%.
How often are ATL to OKC flights cancelled?
2.19% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 22 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Atlanta to Oklahoma City?
September, when 90.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 65.8%.
When ATL to OKC flights are late, how late are they?
About 61 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ATL to OKC during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →