OKC · Oklahoma City, United States
OKC Will Rogers World Airport.
--:--:-- · CDT (UTC-05:00) · 35.3934° N, 97.5982° W
OKC Will Rogers International Airport
Airport in Oklahoma City, United States
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for OKC
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3747; ident KOKC; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
flyokc.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
OKC Will Rogers International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
16 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
OKC / KOKC
OurAirports ident
KOKC
GPS / local code
KOKC / OKC
ISO region
US-OK
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
large scheduled-service airport
Official host
flyokc.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1499872
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 7:08 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--CDT · UTC-05:00
Time zone
CDT
America/Chicago · UTC-05:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
11 km
Approximate distance to central Oklahoma City.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
4 runways
Longest runway
9,802 ft / 2,988 m
Runway surface
concrete (2), asphalt, PEM
Opened / operator
Operational history note unavailable
Owner / entity
Q1499872
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
large scheduled-service airport
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
16 source-backed signals
OKC Will Rogers World Airport is a large scheduled-service airport for Oklahoma City, United States. Oklahoma City's built-up core sits roughly 11 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Chicago (UTC-05:00, CDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC / KOKC) is at 35.3934° N, 97.5982° W, elevation 1,295 ft (395 m), serving Oklahoma City, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Oklahoma City is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/Chicago (CDT, UTC-05:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Oklahoma City: 11 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for OKC.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC / KOKC)
OKC Will Rogers International Airport · Airport in Oklahoma City, United States
Source identifiers
KOKC · KOKC · OKC · US-OK
flyokc.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Location cue
OKC Will Rogers International Airport, also known as Will Rogers World Airport or simply Will Rogers, is a passenger airport located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, about 6 miles (10 km) southwest of the city's downtown area.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Oklahoma City
oklahoma-city · 11 km from OKC
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 681,054 · city coordinates 35.4676, -97.5164
2. Mustang
mustang · 11 km from OKC
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 20,226 · city coordinates 35.3842, -97.7245
3. Moore
moore · 12 km from OKC
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 60,451 · city coordinates 35.3395, -97.4867
4. Bethany
bethany · 14 km from OKC
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 19,589 · city coordinates 35.5187, -97.6323
5. Del City
del-city · 15 km from OKC
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 22,022 · city coordinates 35.4420, -97.4409
6. Midwest City
midwest-city · 19 km from OKC
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 57,249 · city coordinates 35.4495, -97.3967
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. TUL KTUL
Tulsa International Airport · Tulsa
178 km from OKC · America/Chicago · +0h · elevation 677 ft (206 m) · airport coordinates 36.1971, -95.8862
2. DFW KDFW
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · Dallas-Fort Worth
282 km from OKC · America/Chicago · +0h · elevation 607 ft (185 m) · airport coordinates 32.8968, -97.0380
3. DAL KDAL
Dallas Love Field · Dallas
292 km from OKC · America/Chicago · +0h · elevation 487 ft (148 m) · airport coordinates 32.8448, -96.8477
Route-time reference set
1. OKC-TUL
Tulsa · 178 km · 1h 4m
America/Chicago · +0h from OKC; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. OKC-DFW
Dallas-Fort Worth · 282 km · 1h 11m
America/Chicago · +0h from OKC; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. OKC-DAL
Dallas · 292 km · 1h 12m
America/Chicago · +0h from OKC; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
4 runways
Longest runway 9,802 ft / 2,988 m. 4 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
concrete (2), asphalt, PEM
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for OKC.
Runway identifiers
13/31 · 17L/35R · 17R/35L · 18/36
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. TUL KTUL
Tulsa International Airport · Tulsa · 178 km from OKC
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 677 ft (206 m) · 36.1971, -95.8862
2. DFW KDFW
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · Dallas-Fort Worth · 282 km from OKC
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 607 ft (185 m) · 32.8968, -97.0380
3. DAL KDAL
Dallas Love Field · Dallas · 292 km from OKC
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 487 ft (148 m) · 32.8448, -96.8477
4. MCI KMCI
Kansas City International Airport · Kansas City · 504 km from OKC
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 1,026 ft (313 m) · 39.3017, -94.7139
5. AUS KAUS
Austin Bergstrom International Airport · Austin · 578 km from OKC
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 542 ft (165 m) · 30.1975, -97.6620
6. IAH KIAH
George Bush Intercontinental Airport · Houston · 637 km from OKC
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 97 ft (30 m) · 29.9844, -95.3414
Country and authority
OKC sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). OKC is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in Oklahoma City, United States. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Location cue: OKC Will Rogers International Airport, also known as Will Rogers World Airport or simply Will Rogers, is a passenger airport located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, about 6 miles (10 km) southwest of the city's downtown area.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1499872 · Will Rogers World Airport. Administrative area: Oklahoma. Entity official-site cross-check: flyokc.com
Field and clock profile
OKC Will Rogers World Airport is a low-elevation field at 1,295 ft (395 m), positioned at 35.3934° N, 97.5982° W in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 4 runways and a longest runway of 9,802 ft / 2,988 m. The airport clock uses America/Chicago (CDT, UTC-05:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Oklahoma City is the closest retained city-time anchor at 11 km. TUL Tulsa is the closest retained airport alternative at 178 km.
Country airport peers
OKC is compared with TUL Tulsa at 178 km, DFW Dallas-Fort Worth at 282 km, DAL Dallas at 292 km, MCI Kansas City at 504 km, AUS Austin at 578 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
OKC-TUL Tulsa: 178 km, about 1h 4m, +0h. OKC-DFW Dallas-Fort Worth: 282 km, about 1h 11m, +0h. OKC-DAL Dallas: 292 km, about 1h 12m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KOKC backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. flyokc.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
4 runways · longest 9,802 ft / 2,988 m
Runway identifiers
13/31, 17L/35R, 17R/35L, 18/36
OurAirports classifies OKC as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
OKC (KOKC) is a low-elevation field at 1,295 ft (395 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
OKC sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
OKC's runway record lists 4 runways, with the longest runway at 9,802 ft / 2,988 m and source surfaces recorded as concrete (2), asphalt, PEM.
Civil aviation oversight for OKC runs through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at flyokc.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for OKC
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
OKC uses America/Chicago (CDT, UTC-05:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
OKC Will Rogers World Airport is about 11 km from central Oklahoma City; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
TUL Tulsa is the closest retained alternate at 178 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
flyokc.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place OKC inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
OKC ranks #56 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
OKC shares America/Chicago with AUS Austin US · BHM Birmingham US · BNA Nashville US · DAL Dallas US · DFW Dallas-Fort Worth US · DSM Des Moines US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
OKC is 1,295 ft (395 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include MTY 1,278 ft (390 m) (17 ft delta) · ALP 1,276 ft (389 m) (19 ft delta) · STR 1,276 ft (389 m) (19 ft delta) · KRT 1,265 ft (386 m) (30 ft delta) · EBL 1,341 ft (409 m) (46 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
OKC's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are TUL 178 km +0h · DFW 282 km +0h · DAL 292 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa | TUL | 178 km | 1h 4m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW | 282 km | 1h 11m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Dallas | DAL | 292 km | 1h 12m | +0h | --:--:-- |
OKC to TUL
Tulsa
Distance 178 km; estimated travel window 1h 4m; destination zone America/Chicago is +0h from OKC. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
OKC to DFW
Dallas-Fort Worth
Distance 282 km; estimated travel window 1h 11m; destination zone America/Chicago is +0h from OKC. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
OKC to DAL
Dallas
Distance 292 km; estimated travel window 1h 12m; destination zone America/Chicago is +0h from OKC. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Oklahoma City is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Oklahoma City is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
OKC Will Rogers World Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from OKC, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Oklahoma City
oklahoma-city · 11 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Mustang
mustang · 11 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Moore
moore · 12 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bethany
bethany · 14 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Del City
del-city · 15 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Midwest City
midwest-city · 19 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Yukon
yukon · 20 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Norman
norman · 24 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Edmond
edmond · 31 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
El Reno
el-reno · 36 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Chickasha
chickasha · 49 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Shawnee
shawnee-4551177 · 61 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
OKC Will Rogers World Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Tulsa (TUL), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), Dallas (DAL). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 4 runways; longest runway 9,802 ft / 2,988 m; identifiers 13/31, 17L/35R, 17R/35L.
- Runway surfaces: concrete (2), asphalt, PEM; 4 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Historical opening year: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from OKC. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Tulsa International AirportTUL
Tulsa · large airport
- Distance
- 178 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 677 ft (206 m)
Compare against TUL when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth · large airport
- Distance
- 282 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 607 ft (185 m)
Compare against DFW when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Dallas Love FieldDAL
Dallas · large airport
- Distance
- 292 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 487 ft (148 m)
Compare against DAL when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC) in?▾
OKC Will Rogers World Airport is in the America/Chicago timezone (UTC-05:00, CDT).
What are the codes for OKC Will Rogers World Airport?▾
OKC Will Rogers World Airport uses IATA code OKC and ICAO code KOKC.
Where is OKC Will Rogers World Airport located?▾
OKC Will Rogers World Airport is located in Oklahoma City, United States at coordinates 35.3934° N, 97.5982° W, with an elevation of 1,295 ft (395 m) (low-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is OKC Will Rogers World Airport from central Oklahoma City?▾
OKC Will Rogers World Airport sits roughly 11 km from the nearest mapped city center for Oklahoma City.
Which route reference is most useful from OKC?▾
Tulsa (TUL) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 4m, destination timezone America/Chicago, and a +0h difference from OKC.
Which authority regulates OKC?▾
OKC Will Rogers World Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to OKC?▾
OKC's curated peers in United States on this site include TUL Tulsa, DFW Dallas-Fort Worth, DAL Dallas, plus 3 more.
How many runways does OKC Will Rogers World Airport have?▾
OKC Will Rogers World Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 4 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 9,802 ft / 2,988 m; identifiers include 13/31, 17L/35R, 17R/35L.