Flights Oklahoma City → Los Angeles
OKC → LAX
Route overview
This flight route operates from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft, recording an on-time performance of 87%. Over the past year, it has seen a mean delay of 5.9 minutes per flight out of a total of 239 flights. The destination airport in Los Angeles, which opened in 1926, serves over 76 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) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines. Across 301 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oklahoma City (OKC) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 1,906 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 48m.
Departures from Oklahoma City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 40% of OKC-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oklahoma City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 301 tracked OKC-LAX flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 1.3% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about OKC-LAX
On the Oklahoma City (OKC) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 301 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oklahoma City-Los Angeles is 1.33% across 301 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, 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.
