Flights Chicago → Oklahoma City
MDW → OKC
Route overview
This flight route connects Chicago to Oklahoma City with a moderate on-time performance rate of 74%, and an average delay time of 14 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 145 flights operate on this route, serving one of the busiest airports in Oklahoma City which handles nearly four million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Chicago (MDW) → Oklahoma City (OKC) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 174 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.02%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Oklahoma City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Oklahoma City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to Oklahoma City (OKC) heads south-west for about 1,111 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 49m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 59% of MDW-OKC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Oklahoma City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 174 tracked MDW-OKC flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 4.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about MDW-OKC
On the Chicago (MDW) -> Oklahoma City (OKC) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 174 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Oklahoma City is 4.02% across 174 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
