Flights Chicago → Oklahoma City
ORD → OKC
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Oklahoma City has a 70% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 21.1 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, this route has seen 609 total flights using aircraft such as the Embraer RJ145, Canadair Regional Jet 700, and Embraer 170, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 3,950,806 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 (ORD) → Oklahoma City (OKC) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 741 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.86%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.4/100 (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 (ORD) to Oklahoma City (OKC) heads south-west for about 1,114 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 49m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of ORD-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 741 tracked ORD-OKC flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 4.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-OKC
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Oklahoma City (OKC) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 741 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Oklahoma City is 4.86% across 741 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, United 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.
