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OKC vs DEN - 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
OKC

Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Airport B
DEN

Denver, CO

Denver, Colorado

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric OKC DEN
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.3% 78.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 75.1 min 70.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 17.7% 21.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.04% 1.02%
Total Flights 248,285 3,293,040
Delayed Flights 43,919 696,109
Cancelled Flights 2,593 33,645
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

OKC - Oklahoma City, OK

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

DEN - Denver, CO

Late Aircraft 40.9%
Carrier 38.6%
NAS 15.3%
Weather 5.2%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

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%

Top routes from DEN

Route Flights On-Time
PHX → DEN
Denver
49,558 80.7%
DEN → PHX
Phoenix
49,508 77.8%
LAS → DEN
Denver
44,661 77.7%
DEN → LAS
Las Vegas
44,636 76.1%
DEN → SLC
Salt Lake City
43,089 78.3%
SLC → DEN
Denver
43,051 78.8%

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.