DCA to OKC flight delays
Washington, VA (DCA) Oklahoma City, OK (OKC) · 1,158 miles
692 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
68.26%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.75%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
72 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
24 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 30.8 points more punctual than in December — 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.75% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The two directions do not behave alike. OKC to DCA arrives on time 5.4 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.
Flights from Washington to Oklahoma City run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on DCA to OKC. PSA Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in December.
Every airline on DCA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 329 | 68.01% | 1.52% | 64 min | D |
| PSA Airlines | 182 | 64.71% | 5.49% | 87 min | F |
| Republic Airways | 87 | 64.63% | 4.6% | 66 min | — |
| American Airlines | 67 | 76.12% | 0% | 92 min | — |
| Envoy Air | 27 | 85.19% | 0% | 32 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
OKC to DCA Oklahoma City back to Washington 73.64% on time DOther routes from Washington
Common questions
Are flights from Washington to Oklahoma City usually delayed?
68.26% of flights on the DCA to OKC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Washington to Oklahoma City?
Southwest Airlines, at 68.01% on time across 329 flights. The least punctual on the route was PSA Airlines at 64.71%.
How often are DCA to OKC flights cancelled?
2.75% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 28 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Washington to Oklahoma City?
October, when 86.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 55.4%.
When DCA to OKC flights are late, how late are they?
About 72 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 DCA 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 →