Flights St. Louis → Oklahoma City
STL → OKC
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Oklahoma City has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 8.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 63 flights, serving a busy destination airport that handles approximately 3,950,806 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 St. Louis (STL) → Oklahoma City (OKC) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 121 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13.9/100 (low), 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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Oklahoma City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Oklahoma City (OKC) heads south-west for about 742 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 21m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 49% of STL-OKC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Oklahoma City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 121 tracked STL-OKC flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 2.5% 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 STL-OKC
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Oklahoma City (OKC) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 121 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Oklahoma City is 2.48% across 121 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.
