Flights Houston → Oklahoma City
IAH → OKC
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Oklahoma City has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 10.1 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 617 flights operate along this route using aircraft such as Airbus A319, Airbus A320, and Boeing 737-900, serving a destination airport that 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 Houston (IAH) → Oklahoma City (OKC) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 769 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.34%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.8/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Oklahoma City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Oklahoma City (OKC) heads north for about 637 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 13m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of IAH-OKC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Oklahoma City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 769 tracked IAH-OKC flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 2.3% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-OKC
On the Houston (IAH) -> Oklahoma City (OKC) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 769 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Oklahoma City is 2.34% across 769 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
