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LAX vs OKC - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
LAX

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, California

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Airport B
OKC

Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric LAX OKC
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.8% 82.3%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 72.9 min 75.1 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 17.2% 17.7%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.74% 1.04%
Total Flights 2,137,032 248,285
Delayed Flights 366,815 43,919
Cancelled Flights 15,795 2,593
Top Delay Cause Carrier Carrier

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

LAX - Los Angeles, CA

Carrier 41.7%
Late Aircraft 36.3%
NAS 18.5%
Weather 3.3%
Security 0.2%

OKC - Oklahoma City, OK

Carrier 38.0%
Late Aircraft 37.0%
NAS 16.4%
Weather 8.4%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from LAX

Route Flights On-Time
LAX → SFO
San Francisco
63,553 78.7%
SFO → LAX
Los Angeles
63,540 82.9%
LAX → LAS
Las Vegas
55,240 78.9%
LAS → LAX
Los Angeles
55,149 79.4%
JFK → LAX
Los Angeles
53,628 81.3%
LAX → JFK
New York
53,619 81.8%

Top routes from OKC

Route Flights On-Time
DFW → OKC
Oklahoma City
17,146 77.7%
OKC → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
17,138 78.6%
OKC → DEN
Denver
16,301 79.9%
DEN → OKC
Oklahoma City
16,153 75.9%
OKC → ATL
Atlanta
11,553 90.1%
ATL → OKC
Oklahoma City
11,545 85.1%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.