Lawton/Fort Sill, OK

What the Data Says About LAW

Lawton/Fort Sill, OK in Lawton/Fort Sill, Oklahoma handled 12,720 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 84.5% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 1,974 experienced delays, 334 were cancelled, and 3 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 2.63%, the diversion rate to 0.02%, and the average delay when departures run late is 100.4 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing LAW against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at LAW, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 37.1% of total delay minutes, followed by Weather at 26.8% and Late Aircraft at 25.2%. Weather contributes 26.8% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.0%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, February runs the cleanest at LAW with a 94.9% on-time rate, while December is the roughest at 90.3% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in October, when average flights hit 187. The busiest route from LAW is to LAW (Lawton/Fort Sill), with 6,361 flights at a 83.8% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 84.5% on-time, 100.4-minute average delay, 2.63% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Lawton/Fort Sill, OK.