Historical on-time performance
Chicago to Oklahoma City
691 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MDW–OKC arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
based on 445 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time79%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.4%Flights445
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline27%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)9%
- Late aircraft63%
- 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 MDW → OKC
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 59% to 86% on time.
- Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 588 flights
- Middays84% on time · p90 20 min · 213 flights
- Evenings77% on time · p90 40 min · 94 flights · limited
- Overnights59% on time · p90 65 min · 646 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 77% on time.
- Wednesdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 202 flights
- Saturdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 187 flights · limited
- Mondays75% on time · p90 45 min · 251 flights
- Tuesdays74% on time · p90 35 min · 203 flights
- Thursdays73% on time · p90 40 min · 248 flights
- Fridays71% on time · p90 50 min · 251 flights
- Sundays70% on time · p90 50 min · 227 flights
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