Flights Denver → Oklahoma City
DEN → OKC
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Oklahoma City operates with an average on-time performance rate of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 13 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 696 total flights on this route using either Airbus A319 or De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft.
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 Denver (DEN) → Oklahoma City (OKC) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 929 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.86%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.5/100 (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 Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Oklahoma City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Oklahoma City (OKC) heads south-east for about 796 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 25m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of DEN-OKC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Oklahoma City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 929 tracked DEN-OKC flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 0.9% 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% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DEN-OKC
On the Denver (DEN) -> Oklahoma City (OKC) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 929 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Oklahoma City is 0.86% across 929 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, 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.
