Best time to fly out of Lawton Fort Sill (LAW)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Lawton Fort Sill: departures in the Before 6am band left on time 84.5% of the time, against 75.1% in the 6–8pm band. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | 85 | – | – | 85 | 86 | 84 | 83 |
| 6–8am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10am–12pm | 80 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 81 | 82 | 83 |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2–4pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4–6pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8pm | 75 | 82 | 77 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 75 |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at LAW was Before 6am — 84.5% of departures left on time across 560 flights. The weakest was 6–8pm at 75.1%.
The year at LAW
April was the hard month at LAW: 73.4% of departures left on time, across 270 flights. February was the easy one at 86.9%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81.7% | 277 |
| February | 86.9% | 248 |
| March | 76.2% | 270 |
| April | 73.4% | 270 |
| May | 79.2% | 278 |
| June | 79.6% | 269 |
| July | 81.2% | 276 |
| August | 85.8% | 278 |
| September | 86.1% | 263 |
| October | 84.4% | 274 |
| November | 83.3% | 259 |
| December | 75.8% | 274 |
Airlines at LAW
Every airline with at least 100 departures from LAW, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 82.7% | 114 min | 4.2% | 1,818 |
| PSA Airlines | 76.7% | 126 min | 5.9% | 1,076 |
| Envoy Air | 86.2% | 127 min | 2.3% | 342 |
What delays out of LAW were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 662 flights that departed LAW and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 42.7% put down to airline operations and 26.2% to late-arriving aircraft.
- Late-arriving aircraft 26.2%
- Airline operations 42.7%
- Air traffic & airport volume 8.9%
- Severe weather 22.2%
- Security 0%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through LAW
Of 3,236 scheduled arrivals into LAW, 74.7% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 672 arrivals that ran late, 45.1% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of LAW
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
- DFW 78.6% on time · 3,236 flights
LAW in one number
Lawton Fort Sill (LAW)
Rank 233 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: Before 6am. Hardest month: April.
Questions about LAW
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Lawton Fort Sill?
- Before 6am. Departures in that band left on time 84.5% of the time across 560 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 6–8pm band was the weakest at 75.1%.
- What is the worst month to fly out of LAW?
- April: 73.4% of the departures that flew left on time, with 270 scheduled. February was the other end of the year at 86.9%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at LAW?
- Envoy Air — 86.2% of its 342 departures from LAW left on time. PSA Airlines sat at the other end at 76.7% over 1,076 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked.
- How often are flights cancelled at LAW?
- 4.5% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.