Flights Oklahoma City → Chicago
OKC → MDW
Route overview
The flight route from Oklahoma City to Chicago operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 85%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 145 flights, each averaging a delay of just 5.5 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States which handles nearly 19.9 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 Oklahoma City (OKC) → Chicago (MDW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 174 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.87%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Oklahoma City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oklahoma City (OKC) to Chicago (MDW) heads north-east for about 1,111 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 49m.
Departures from Oklahoma City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 57% of OKC-MDW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oklahoma City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 174 tracked OKC-MDW flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 2.9% cancellation rate.
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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 OKC-MDW
On the Oklahoma City (OKC) -> Chicago (MDW) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 174 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oklahoma City-Chicago is 2.87% 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.
