The flight time from Houston to Oklahoma City is 1 hour, 27 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves IAH Houston, TX on time.
17 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 2 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives OKC Oklahoma City, OK 1 minute early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
74%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Houston to Oklahoma City is 1 hour, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 2 minutes.

The flight distance from Houston to Oklahoma City is 395 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Oklahoma City to Houston
1 hour, 27 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
1h 27m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

42

Distance

395 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
42

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Houston from Oklahoma City by plane?

The distance from Houston to Oklahoma City by plane is 395 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Houston to Oklahoma City?

The flight time from Houston to Oklahoma City is 1 hour, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 2 minutes. These numbers are averages.

What airlines fly from Houston to Oklahoma City?

United is the only airline with direct flights from Houston to Oklahoma City.

Does Southwest fly from Houston to Oklahoma City?

Southwest does not fly from Houston (IAH) to Oklahoma City (OKC). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Houston on time
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 62 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Oklahoma City 1 minute early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Houston to Oklahoma City, United is 74% reliable, which means that United flights are on time 74% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 74% 25% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Houston and Oklahoma City, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
United 17 62 6 87

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
11am 0.03
7am 0.98
9am 0.95
7pm 0.33
8pm 0.62
4pm 0.76
6am 0
9pm 0.47
2pm 0.94
6pm 0.94

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Houston to Oklahoma City that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 139
February 157
March 187
April 186
May 210
June 203
July 198
August 212
September 195
October 212
November 165
December 161

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Houston to Oklahoma City that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 6.13
Tuesday 6.15
Wednesday 6.1
Thursday 6.19
Friday 6.23
Saturday 6.04
Sunday 5.94

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
United 1

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
11am 17 62 6 86
7am 16 63 6 87
9am 20 62 6 90
7pm 16 61 6 87
8pm 19 61 6 88
4pm 17 62 6 87
6am 16 58 4 78
9pm 14 62 7 83
2pm 20 62 7 90
6pm 15 62 6 85
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.