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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 87% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	OKC	LAX	3h 21m	88%	1.1%	911	Flying now
Southwest	OKC	LAX	3h 30m	53%few flights	0.0%	19	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Oklahoma City). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	OKC 18:00 → SLC 19:38DL 3882 · flown by SkyWest	3h 07m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → LAX 23:46DL 2014	7h 46m	100%	95%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	OKC 06:20 → LAS 06:50WN 392	3h 14m Las Vegas	LAS 10:04 → LAX 11:24AA 6425 · flown by SkyWest	7h 04m	100%	93%
United Details →	OKC 06:05 → DEN 06:58UA 4751 · flown by SkyWest	3h 04m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	7h 29m	99%	89%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OKC 15:08 → PHX 15:36AA 6517 · flown by SkyWest	3h 18m Phoenix	PHX 18:54 → LAX 20:31UA 4722 · flown by SkyWest	7h 23m	92%	89%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OKC 07:05 → PHX 07:25WN 4201	2h 41m Phoenix	PHX 10:06 → LAX 11:31UA 2487	6h 26m	100%	89%
United Details →	OKC 09:39 → IAH 11:15UA 6255 · flown by Mesa	3h 39m Houston	IAH 14:54 → LAX 16:27UA 1945	8h 48m	100%	89%
United Details →	OKC 09:15 → DEN 10:01UA 1424	3h 25m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	7h 42m	100%	88%
Southwest Details →	OKC 06:05 → DEN 06:45WN 3111	2h 50m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569	7h 00m	98%	88%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	OKC 12:40 → ORD 15:00UA 5621 · flown by SkyWest	47m Chicago	ORD 15:47 → LAX 18:20UA 576	7h 40m	53%	40%
American Details →	OKC 20:14 → DFW 21:25AA 3727 · flown by Envoy	1h 06m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:31 → LAX 23:45AA 1504	5h 31m	72%	39%
Southwest Details →	OKC 19:10 → DEN 20:05WN 1188	1h 00m Denver	DEN 21:05 → LAX 22:40WN 3110	5h 25m	61%	23%

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

SEA · 1h 03m · leaves 07:02 4%

ATL · 1h 20m · leaves 07:00 5%

DEN · 1h 02m · leaves 06:05 5%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 13:34 23%

DFW · 1h 06m · leaves 20:14 28%

LAS · 1h 17m · leaves 20:32 41%

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