OKC Will Rogers World Airport
OKC Will Rogers World Airport
OKC Will Rogers International Airport (IATA: OKC, ICAO: KOKC, FAA LID: OKC), formerly known as Will Rogers World Airport until 2024, is an airport located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, approximately 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Downtown Oklahoma City. Its facility is used jointly for civil and military, covering 8,081 acres (32.70 km2) of land. Although the official IATA and ICAO airport codes for OKC Will Rogers International Airport are OKC and KOKC, it is common practice to refer to it as "WRWA" or "Will Rogers". The airport is named for comedian and legendary cowboy Will Rogers, an Oklahoma native who died in an airplane crash near Utqiagvik, Alaska, in 1935. The city's other major airport, Wiley Post Airport, along with the Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport in Utqiagvik, are named for Wiley Post, who also died in the same crash. The airport was the only airport to use "World" in its designation. International flights did not begin until November 8, 2025, with a new customs facility opening earlier in the year in preparation. OKC Will Rogers International Airport is the busiest commercial airport in the state of Oklahoma. In 2019, the airport handled nearly 4.42 million passengers, marking the busiest year on record three years in a row. Southwest Airlines carries the most passengers at OKC Will Rogers International Airport, with a market share of nearly 48% as of April 2022.
Location
35.393°N, 97.598°O · 395 m s. n. m. (1.295 ft)
General data
Runways · 4
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 10 Official publication
Tower
Ground
Clearance delivery
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
Frequencies from the official publication: FAA NASR, AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.
History
The airport first opened in 1911 as Oklahoma City Municipal Airfield. It was renamed in Rogers' honor in 1941.
During World War II, Will Rogers Field was a major training facility for the United States Army Air Forces; many fighter and bomber units were activated and received initial training there.
Army Air Forces groups known to have been stationed at Will Rogers Field include:
44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) July 1942 - August 28, 1942
46th Bombardment Group (Light) November 1942 - October 1943
47th Bombardment Group (Light) February 16, 1942 - July 18, 1942
48th Bombardment Group (Light) May 22, 1941 - February 7, 1942
86th Bombardment Group (Light) February 10, 1942 - June 20, 1942
311th Bombardment Group (Light) March 2, 1942 - July 4, 1942
312th Bombardment Group (Light) June 1942 - August 1942
409th Bombardment Group (Light) June 1, 1943 - October 1943
410th Bombardment Group (Light) July 1, 1943 - October 1943
411th Bombardment Group (Light) August 1, 1943 - August 15, 1943
416th Bombardment Group (Light) February 5, 1943 - June 4, 1943
417th Bombardment Group (Light) March 28, 1943 - August 4, 1943
9th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) October 1, 1943 - May 6, 1944
2d Reconnaissance Group October 7, 1943 - May 1, 1944
70th Tactical Reconnaissance Group November 14, 1943 – November 30, 1943
After completion of their initial training, these units were reassigned to other airfields for secondary training before deployment overseas.
Postwar
The December 1951 C&GS chart showed four runways: the 5497-ft runway 3, 3801-ft runway 8, 5652-ft runway 12 and 5100-ft runway 17.
The April 1957 OAG showed 21 daily nonstop departures on Braniff International Airways, 15 on American Airlines, five on Central Airlines, four on Continental Airlines and three on TWA. A TWA Constellation aircraft flew nonstop from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles, but eastward nonstops didn't reach beyond Wichita, Kansas, Tulsa or Dallas, Texas. Oklahoma City began nonstop flights to Chicago starting in 1966.
2000–present
Great Plains Airlines, a regional airline based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, made Will Rogers World Airport a hub in 2001 with nonstop flights to Tulsa, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Colorado Springs, Colorado and direct or connecting flights to Nashville, Tennessee, St. Louis, Chicago, and Washington. The airline had hoped to reach additional East- and West-Coast markets but declared bankruptcy and ceased operations on January 23, 2004.
On May 31, 2013, an EF-1 tornado hit Will Rogers Airport. The 1.4-mile wide tornado traveled 10.4 miles, including across the northern side of the airport. The path of the tornado passed over the facilities of MetroTech, the FAA, the Oklahoma National Guard, AAR, the Four Points Hotel, and the passenger terminal and hangars on the north and east side of the airport. Minor damage was reported at AAR and other buildings in this path. The Parking Spot location north of the airport on Meridian Avenue was also hit by the tornado. The company decided in August 2013 not to re-open the facility and exit the OKC market.
The airport once partnered with Tinker AFB in presenting Aerospace America airshow.
On August 27, 2024, the city council of Oklahoma City approved a name change for the airport proposed by the OKC Airport Trust, officially changing the airport's name from "Will Rogers World Airport" to "OKC Will Rogers International Airport". The Trust attributed the name and logo change to a desire to market the airport to a wider audience. It was announced in 2024 that the airport plans to expand routes to Mexico and the Caribbean in 2025.
On March 26, 2025, the airport's first nonstop international destination was announced. American Airlines began nonstop service to Cancún, Mexico on November 8, 2025.
What flies here
From our own logbook: 1,050 aircraft documented between 2006 and 2025.
Types seen here
Embraer E170 / E175287
Bombardier CRJ282
McDonnell Douglas MD-80115
Embraer ERJ 135 / 14597
Boeing 73777
Boeing 71723
Airbus A31918
Airbus A32016
Airbus A3213
Boeing 737 MAX2Airlines with documented aircraft
Busiest routes from here
A count of our own aircraft profiles, year by year, from the public United States flight records: it reflects what we have documented, not the airport’s total traffic.
Airlines operating here · 10
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · view original
Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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APA
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BibTeX
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