Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Oklahoma City
DFW → OKC
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Oklahoma City operates with a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 69%. Over the course of its operations, it averages a delay of approximately 19 minutes per flight, based on a total of 736 flights. The destination airport sees around 3,950,806 passengers annually, indicating significant traffic.
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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Oklahoma City (OKC) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 964 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.18%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.6/100 (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 Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Oklahoma City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Oklahoma City (OKC) heads north for about 282 km, a flight time of roughly 46m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of DFW-OKC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Oklahoma City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 964 tracked DFW-OKC flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 2.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-OKC
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Oklahoma City (OKC) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 964 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Oklahoma City is 2.18% across 964 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
