Life Off-Label

Oklahoma has a reputation. Flat. Landlocked. Tumble weeds. Tornadoes. The winds sweeping down the plain.

I get it. We don’t have mountains. We don’t have a coastline. We don’t have the kind of scenery that usually ends up on screen savers or postcards. But there’s one thing we have that those of us who do live here appreciate: the sky. Thanks to the flatness, it’s often unobstructed. No mountain range cropping the view. No skyline competing for attention. Just an enormous, uninterrupted canvas that creates its own beautiful scenery.

So make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their full upright position while we take off and view some of my favorite photos of the Oklahoma sky that I have taken over the years.

Sunsets

On behalf of Oklahoma Airways, welcome aboard. Our flight will begin with some smooth weather conditions at sunrise and sunset. Just take a look out the window.

The sunrises and sunsets here are some of the best I have ever seen. They will truly make you stop and spend a few moments in admiration. There’s something about our weather patterns that produces such a beautiful melody of colors: deep tangerines bleeding into magenta, then that specific bruised purple just before dark.

Tornado Alley’s Silver Lining

We’ve reached cruising altitude. Please keep those seatbelts fastened and be advised there may be some turbulence ahead.

Oklahoma is known for unpredictable weather, but that also makes for interesting photo opportunities. Clouds take on their own form of art. We can see the mothership anvil tops of clouds for supercells 100 miles away.

Life vests are under your seat, but fortunately you won’t need to use them as we continue to fly over Oklahoma.

The Nights Oklahoma Surprised Everyone

We have a special treat on this flight. You did not book Alaska or Iceland as your destination, but you are going to see some northern lights anyway.

In 2024 and 2025, a particularly strong geomagnetic storm pushed the northern lights further south than they’d appeared in decades. People in Oklahoma stepped outside with phone cameras raised and found the sky doing something none of us had planned for.

We have now begun our final descent. Please use caution when opening the overhead compartments and removing items, since articles may have shifted during flight. We hope you enjoyed your flight. Thank you again for choosing Oklahoma Airways.