Okc Will Rogers International in March 2026

78.5%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,023 domestic departures from Okc Will Rogers International (OKC). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.7% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so OKC departures were 5.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 2,031 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of −7.2 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at OKC that month were on time 73.7% of the time (2,024 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 78.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	OKC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	78.5%	85.7%	80.4%	72.8%
Arrived on time	78.7%	84.2%	79.7%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.0%	1.4%	1.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.5 min	11.2 min	15.3 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	67	68	66	20,403
Scheduled departures	2,023	2,031	23,917	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	615	30%	80.0%	5.3 min	0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	599	30%	77.6%	10.8 min	1.7%
AA American Airlines	252	12%	77.0%	11.0 min	2.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	151	7%	84.8%	-6.6 min	2.0%
YX Republic Airline	119	6%	70.6%	10.2 min	5.9%
MQ Envoy Air	96	5%	87.5%	-6.7 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	61	3%	82.0%	10.4 min	1.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	58	3%	77.6%	12.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	41	2%	58.5%	49.6 min	14.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	2%	87.1%	-1.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OKC–DFW	Oklahoma City to Dallas/Fort Worth	268	78.7%	9.6 min	3.0%
OKC–DEN	Oklahoma City to Denver	245	78.8%	9.5 min	0.4%
OKC–ORD	Oklahoma City to Chicago	207	65.2%	24.8 min	2.4%
OKC–PHX	Oklahoma City to Phoenix	167	79.6%	11.9 min	1.2%
OKC–ATL	Oklahoma City to Atlanta	162	82.1%	-1.3 min	1.9%
OKC–IAH	Oklahoma City to Houston	128	82.8%	9.5 min	3.1%
OKC–LAS	Oklahoma City to Las Vegas	108	87.0%	-7.4 min	0.0%
OKC–HOU	Oklahoma City to Houston	95	75.8%	11.0 min	0.0%
OKC–LAX	Oklahoma City to Los Angeles	93	91.4%	-18.0 min	1.1%
OKC–SLC	Oklahoma City to Salt Lake City	62	91.9%	-6.2 min	0.0%
OKC–DCA	Oklahoma City to Washington	59	64.4%	37.3 min	8.5%
OKC–BNA	Oklahoma City to Nashville	58	75.9%	10.9 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.7%	33.5%	12,046
Late-arriving aircraft	33.7%	39.3%	12,019
National Aviation System	21.5%	21.0%	7,659
Extreme weather	11.1%	5.9%	3,965
Security	0.0%	0.2%	8

35,697 delay minutes on 378 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 March 2026?

78.5% of 2,023 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 85.7% of 2,031 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 78.5% and 2.0% in March 2026.

Provenance

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