On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2026

Okc Will Rogers International in January 2026

80.2%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,736 domestic departures from Okc Will Rogers International (OKC). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 7.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so OKC departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,723 departures with 82.9% leaving on time: a change of −2.7 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at OKC that month were on time 74.2% of the time (1,735 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 12%.

Every scheduled departure from OKC in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2026Jan 2025OKC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time80.2%82.9%80.4%75.6%
Arrived on time79.3%79.1%79.7%75.3%
Cancelled7.3%3.3%1.7%4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.5 min13.1 min15.3 min16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day58576618,133
Scheduled departures1,7361,72323,917544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines53531%76.6%7.2 min5.8%
WN Southwest Airlines53031%85.3%-7.9 min6.8%
AA American Airlines18511%69.7%-1.2 min12.4%
DL Delta Air Lines1388%79.0%-3.0 min8.0%
YX Republic Airline1116%77.5%1.0 min9.9%
MQ Envoy Air1006%84.0%-3.9 min8.0%
UA United Airlines593%79.7%-5.8 min6.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines412%70.7%3.1 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines241%87.5%0.9 min4.2%
OH PSA Airlines131%76.9%55.2 min7.7%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OKC–DENOklahoma City to Denver23980.8%-1.6 min5.0%
OKC–DFWOklahoma City to Dallas/Fort Worth20373.9%1.6 min10.8%
OKC–ORDOklahoma City to Chicago18572.4%14.8 min5.4%
OKC–PHXOklahoma City to Phoenix15080.7%-5.7 min8.0%
OKC–ATLOklahoma City to Atlanta14777.6%-2.0 min7.5%
OKC–IAHOklahoma City to Houston11082.7%-3.9 min5.5%
OKC–HOUOklahoma City to Houston10289.2%-12.9 min6.9%
OKC–LASOklahoma City to Las Vegas9883.7%-8.0 min6.1%
OKC–LAXOklahoma City to Los Angeles8378.3%4.8 min4.8%
OKC–DCAOklahoma City to Washington5874.1%18.0 min8.6%
OKC–SLCOklahoma City to Salt Lake City5882.8%1.6 min6.9%
OKC–STLOklahoma City to St. Louis5886.2%-9.3 min6.9%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2026Minutes
Air carrier49.6%37.3%8,489
Late-arriving aircraft29.0%35.0%4,967
National Aviation System11.6%18.0%1,990
Extreme weather9.8%9.6%1,682
Security0.0%0.1%0
17,128 delay minutes on 231 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left OKC on time in January 2026?

80.2% of 1,736 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 82.9% of 1,723 departures left on time and 3.3% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 7.3% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.