Okc Will Rogers International in December 2024

84.5%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,888 domestic departures from Okc Will Rogers International (OKC). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so OKC departures were 6.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,807 departures with 89.5% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at OKC that month were on time 79.1% of the time (1,885 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 82.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from OKC in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	OKC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	84.5%	89.5%	80.4%	77.8%
Arrived on time	82.9%	88.2%	79.7%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.2%	1.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.2 min	7.5 min	15.3 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	63	60	66	19,686
Scheduled departures	1,888	1,807	23,917	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	600	32%	84.3%	1.3 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	524	28%	84.4%	2.0 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	227	12%	74.0%	15.9 min	1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	145	8%	91.7%	-7.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	133	7%	82.7%	-0.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	131	7%	77.9%	6.1 min	3.1%
OH PSA Airlines	55	3%	74.5%	9.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	47	2%	91.5%	-14.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	26	1%	76.9%	7.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OKC–DFW	Oklahoma City to Dallas/Fort Worth	283	72.1%	15.1 min	2.5%
OKC–DEN	Oklahoma City to Denver	259	83.0%	-1.1 min	0.4%
OKC–ATL	Oklahoma City to Atlanta	163	90.8%	-6.0 min	0.0%
OKC–ORD	Oklahoma City to Chicago	162	84.0%	3.0 min	0.0%
OKC–PHX	Oklahoma City to Phoenix	156	87.2%	1.0 min	0.0%
OKC–HOU	Oklahoma City to Houston	117	86.3%	2.0 min	0.0%
OKC–LAS	Oklahoma City to Las Vegas	96	86.5%	-7.3 min	0.0%
OKC–CLT	Oklahoma City to Charlotte	86	79.1%	6.6 min	0.0%
OKC–LGA	Oklahoma City to New York	81	76.5%	8.6 min	0.0%
OKC–IAH	Oklahoma City to Houston	64	89.1%	0.7 min	1.6%
OKC–STL	Oklahoma City to St. Louis	60	93.3%	-6.0 min	0.0%
OKC–DCA	Oklahoma City to Washington	59	83.1%	6.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.2%	34.3%	8,764
Late-arriving aircraft	37.7%	40.2%	8,224
National Aviation System	14.2%	17.8%	3,097
Extreme weather	7.6%	7.5%	1,656
Security	0.3%	0.2%	62

21,803 delay minutes on 311 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left OKC on time in December 2024?

84.5% of 1,888 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 89.5% of 1,807 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 84.5% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for OKC · methodology · corrections.