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Route Reliability

Denver → Tulsa

DENTUL · 541 miles · Denver International Airport to Tulsa International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
2,414
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines83%1,475 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines66%896 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (43 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DEN–TUL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 68% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

DEN–TUL flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 73%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 66%.

Slipping a little lately.

DEN–TUL flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(347 flights)
  • Tue78%(323 flights)
  • Wed78%(321 flights)
  • Thu73%(358 flights)
  • Fri73%(342 flights)
  • Sat81%(314 flights)
  • Sun75%(384 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM100%(17 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(648 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(434 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(532 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(750 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(6 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 63% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%204
July 202559%215
August 202568%204
September 202578%197
October 202582%204
November 202585%199
December 202576%202
January 202687%187
February 202685%182
March 202680%197
April 202684%188
May 202675%210

Based on 2,414 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.