Flights Oklahoma City → Houston
OKC → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Oklahoma City to Houston operates with a Boeing 737-300 and has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with an average delay of 9 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 285 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in its destination city, which handles nearly 13.9 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) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 401 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.50%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston 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 Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oklahoma City (OKC) to Houston (HOU) heads south for about 675 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 16m.
Departures from Oklahoma City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 44% of OKC-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oklahoma City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 401 tracked OKC-HOU flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.5% 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-HOU
On the Oklahoma City (OKC) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 401 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oklahoma City-Houston is 0.50% across 401 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.
