Tulsa International Airport (TUL) delays & on-time performance
Tulsa, Oklahoma · 23 nonstop destinations · 10 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at TUL right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.8%
331 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
84 min when late
Departed on time
83%
avg taxi-out 15 min
Figures cover 18,315 departures from TUL; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into TUL were on time 77% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Tulsa International Airport (TUL) arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.8% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (88% on time); PSA Airlines was the least (69%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (93% on time); around 8pm did worst (67%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (40%).
Most delayed routes from TUL
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DCA · Washington73%400 flts
- ORD · Chicago78%2,130 flts
- LGA · New York78%625 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth79%2,784 flts
- DEN · Denver81%2,450 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas82%742 flts
- BNA · Nashville82%514 flts
- PHX · Phoenix83%1,254 flts
- IAH · Houston84%1,087 flts
- MDW · Chicago85%451 flts
Most reliable routes from TUL
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- STL · St. Louis92%403 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City92%403 flts
- ATL · Atlanta88%1,576 flts
- DAL · Dallas87%1,049 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles87%376 flts
- HOU · Houston86%602 flts
- CLT · Charlotte85%689 flts
- MDW · Chicago85%451 flts
- IAH · Houston84%1,087 flts
- PHX · Phoenix83%1,254 flts
Best airline at TUL
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 88% | 2.4% | 14 min | 1 | 1,576 |
| Southwest Airlines | 85% | 0.9% | 10 min | 10 | 5,608 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 83% | 0.9% | 17 min | 7 | 4,277 |
| United Airlines | 82% | 0.9% | 11 min | 3 | 753 |
| Envoy Air | 82% | 2.5% | 13 min | 4 | 2,051 |
| American Airlines | 79% | 2.8% | 24 min | 3 | 2,250 |
| Republic Airways | 79% | 5.6% | 20 min | 4 | 781 |
| Frontier Airlines | 73% | 2.2% | 17 min | 2 | 46 |
| PSA Airlines | 69% | 5.3% | 32 min | 4 | 680 |
| Allegiant Air | 66% | 0.3% | 44 min | 5 | 293 |
Best time to fly out of TUL
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am93%1,240 flts
- 6am92%2,100 flts
- 7am88%1,708 flts
- 8am88%1,263 flts
- 9am84%1,024 flts
- 10am86%1,073 flts
- 11am85%787 flts
- 12pm83%1,121 flts
- 1pm83%1,152 flts
- 2pm77%929 flts
- 3pm77%1,471 flts
- 4pm74%998 flts
- 5pm71%1,153 flts
- 6pm72%1,152 flts
- 7pm70%608 flts
- 8pm67%447 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft40%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather9%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.