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Route Reliability

Washington → Tulsa

DCA–TUL · 1,050 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Tulsa International Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
400
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 71% of the time across 400 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DCA–TUL flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DCA–TUL flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays and just 63% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon66%(58 flights)
  • Tue83%(58 flights)
  • Wed72%(57 flights)
  • Thu70%(54 flights)
  • Fri63%(56 flights)
  • Sat69%(48 flights)
  • Sun71%(56 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(23 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(328 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(29 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(6 flights)
On-time trend by month
60%
May

Jun 77% → May 60% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%30
July 202575%28
August 202574%31
September 202587%30
October 202574%31
November 202567%27
December 202573%30
January 202672%29
February 202656%27
March 202659%27
April 202674%50
May 202660%47

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Based on 400 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.