OKC to DCA flight delays
Oklahoma City, OK (OKC) Washington, VA (DCA) · 1,158 miles
60 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
62.71%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.67%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
111 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
42 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This is a late route. Flights from Oklahoma City to Washington miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
This route does worse than its own airport. OKC as a whole runs 14.3 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
The two directions do not behave alike. DCA to OKC arrives on time 5.8 points less 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.
Every airline on OKC to DCA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA Airlines | 30 | 58.62% | 3.33% | 165 min | — |
| Southwest Airlines | 30 | 66.67% | 0% | 45 min | — |
The return leg
DCA to OKC Washington back to Oklahoma City 56.9% on time —Other routes from Oklahoma City
Common questions
Are flights from Oklahoma City to Washington usually delayed?
62.71% of flights on the OKC to DCA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
How often are OKC to DCA flights cancelled?
1.67% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 17 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When OKC to DCA flights are late, how late are they?
About 111 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 OKC to DCA during March 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 →