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Airport Reliability

TUL · Tulsa

Tulsa International Airport

83%
Departures within 15 minutes
12 min
Average departure delay
77%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.9%
Departures cancelled

Based on 20,330 departures and 20,334 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from TUL departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 67% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 85% on time on Tuesdays against 79% on Sundays.

Slipping a little lately.

Departures from TUL arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

When TUL gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(1241 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(5640 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(3256 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(3249 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(3823 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(2556 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM67%(122 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(3013 flights)
  • Tue85%(2745 flights)
  • Wed84%(2758 flights)
  • Thu82%(2924 flights)
  • Fri81%(2996 flights)
  • Sat81%(2488 flights)
  • Sun79%(2963 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 73% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%1834
July 202576%1861
August 202583%1726
September 202587%1603
October 202582%1720
November 202584%1603
December 202583%1639
January 202688%1372
February 202689%1353
March 202680%1649
April 202683%1707
May 202679%1820

Airlines departing TUL

Based on 20,330 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.