Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same 90-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 3 at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DCA	OKC	3h 21m	69%	5.0%	363	Flying now
Southwest	DCA	OKC	3h 10m	66%	1.2%	328	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Oklahoma City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Oklahoma City is 1 h behind Washington). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	DCA 06:00 → IAH 08:13UA 1450	3h 57m Houston	IAH 12:10 → OKC 13:50UA 6180 · flown by Mesa	8h 50m	99%	89%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → DFW 07:22AA 2243	2h 08m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:30 → OKC 10:37AA 3805 · flown by Envoy	6h 37m	99%	88%
United Details →	DCA 10:58 → IAH 13:19UA 2190	3h 16m Houston	IAH 16:35 → OKC 18:15UA 6334 · flown by Mesa	8h 17m	98%	86%
Southwest Details →	DCA 07:30 → MDW 08:25WN 1442	1h 45m Chicago	MDW 10:10 → OKC 12:15WN 4114	5h 45m	94%	85%
United Details →	DCA 06:30 → ORD 07:46UA 1793	1h 17m Chicago	ORD 09:03 → OKC 11:40UA 5614 · flown by SkyWest	6h 10m	96%	84%
United Details →	DCA 08:20 → IAH 10:41UA 697	3h 54m Houston	IAH 14:35 → OKC 16:15UA 6189 · flown by Mesa	8h 55m	99%	84%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 08:25 → ORD 10:00AA 4360 · flown by Republic	2h 45m Chicago	ORD 12:45 → OKC 15:17UA 5999 · flown by SkyWest	7h 52m	100%	83%
Frontier Details →	DCA 07:00 → DEN 09:07F9 685	3h 21m Denver	DEN 12:28 → OKC 15:04F9 1928	9h 04m	100%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DCA 19:35 → ATL 21:35DL 950	1h 08m Atlanta	ATL 22:43 → OKC 23:55DL 2423	5h 20m	74%	57%
Delta Details →	DCA 15:00 → MSP 16:48DL 2863	1h 32m Minneapolis	MSP 18:20 → OKC 20:31DL 3791 · flown by SkyWest	6h 31m	73%	54%
United Details →	DCA 17:05 → ORD 18:30UA 654	1h 15m Chicago	ORD 19:45 → OKC 22:17UA 5392 · flown by SkyWest	6h 12m	66%	44%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

ORD · 1h 17m · leaves 06:30 4%

DFW · 1h 19m · leaves 06:59 4%

ATL · 1h 12m · leaves 08:00 11%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 58m · leaves 14:55 23%

ATL · 1h 08m · leaves 19:35 26%

ORD · 1h 15m · leaves 17:05 34%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON