Historical on-time performance
Denver to Oklahoma City
495 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DEN–OKC arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights
based on 3,063 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- United AirlinesbestOn-time85%Medianon timep9025 minCancel0.0%Flights95
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time76%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.5%Flights1,595
- Frontier AirlinesOn-time62%Medianon timep9090 minCancel1.9%Flights157
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time68%Medianon timep9055 minCancel0.3%Flights1,216
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline30%
- Weather7%
- Air traffic (NAS)20%
- Late aircraft44%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DEN → OKC
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.
- Mornings86% on time · p90 15 min · 1,265 flights
- Middays81% on time · p90 30 min · 2,849 flights
- Afternoons70% on time · p90 45 min · 1,132 flights
- Overnights66% on time · p90 65 min · 1,850 flights
- Evenings66% on time · p90 85 min · 1,891 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 78% on time.
- Tuesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,254 flights
- Saturdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 1,143 flights
- Sundays75% on time · p90 45 min · 1,362 flights
- Mondays74% on time · p90 50 min · 1,340 flights
- Wednesdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 1,213 flights
- Thursdays72% on time · p90 50 min · 1,340 flights
- Fridays71% on time · p90 55 min · 1,335 flights
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