Carrier profile · USDOT 658909 · MC-309036 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Western Flyer Express LLC

DBA WESTERN FLYER XPRESS

815 power unitsavg 4.6 yrNational · 44 statesOKLAHOMA CITY, OK81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-309036 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

815Power units

978 observed · MCS-150

1,512Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.6Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(405) 946-7289 Email dispatchthutchings@westernflyerexpress.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 21, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record19 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 30 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1996.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

84 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

84 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

815 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.6 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

29 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1996 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

2,079 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 25.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,048 vehicle and 2,079 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

22.8% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 9.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

1,992 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 127

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 815-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 815
Inspections · 24 mo: 2,079
Annualized: ≈1,040 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving752 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance309 · 283 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance125 · 55 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance124 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance124 · 25 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance104 · 4 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance76 · 40 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance69 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance63 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’22 · 11 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Carolina’06–’09

State Nationalspecialty’09–’12

Hudson’16–’19

Everest National’19–’22

beyond this history

2000200720142021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2025

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2019 → Jul 2022	$1M	6
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2016 → Jul 2019	$1M	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2014 → May 2016	$1M	1
TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC	Jul 2012 → Jul 2014	$1M	3
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Jul 2009 → Jul 2012	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2006 → Jul 2009	$1M	3
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2005 → Jul 2006	$1M	3
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2002 → Jul 2004	$1M	7
QBE INSURANCE CORPORATION	Aug 2001 → Apr 2002	$1M	3
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2001 → Nov 2001	$1M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Aug 2000 → Sep 2001	$1M	1
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS INS.(AIU)	Aug 2000 → Aug 2000	$1M	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Aug 2000 → Aug 2001	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 815
Observed power (24 mo): 978
Trailers (towed): 1512

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

58.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 44 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

2,068

NM busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

4050 WEST I-40 SERVICE RD

Top corridor

NM ⇄ OK

NM 317 · TX 152 · CA 145

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 99 trucks also ran under 65 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3124859 USDOT 3289962 USDOT 3617842 USDOT 3908929 USDOT 2398261 USDOT 2911559 USDOT 3706 USDOT 1009435Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (98 trucks · 108 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3124859 USDOT 3289962 USDOT 3617842 USDOT 3908929 USDOT 3048083 USDOT 3927167 USDOT 4143821 USDOT 3591783

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

815

Observed (24 mo)

978

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 4050 WEST I-40 SERVICE RD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 73108
Mailing address: PO BOX 270814, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 73137
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (405) 946-7289
Fax: (405) 917-4011
Email: thutchings@westernflyerexpress.com
Web domain: westernflyerexpress.com

Registration

Officers: Randy Timms · John Story
USDOT / docket: 658909 · MC-309036
First registered: Sep 12, 1996
Last MCS-150: Mar 2, 2026 · 132,446,439 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 12, 2012
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

815

Power units

815

Drivers

800

CDL drivers

132,446,439

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC.

WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 658909) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier received 2,079 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 1,048 vehicle-level and 2,079 driver-level — across 44 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier has 84 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 19 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 21, 2026.

It reports 815 power units and 815 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 2, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 12, 2012 in the federal record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 658909, and its motor carrier number is MC-309036.

Is WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 21, 2026, WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC's safety record?

WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC has a 25.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 3,412 roadside inspections, with 84 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC's fleet?

WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC operates 815 power units and 815 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC based?

WESTERN FLYER EXPRESS LLC is based in OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, with roadside inspections recorded across 44 states.

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