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Route Reliability

Tulsa → Washington

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

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
7.3%
Cancelled
399
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 399 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

TUL–DCA flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

TUL–DCA flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Saturdays and just 66% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 7.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Slipping a little lately.

TUL–DCA flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(54 flights)
  • Tue73%(55 flights)
  • Wed75%(52 flights)
  • Thu67%(51 flights)
  • Fri66%(55 flights)
  • Sat88%(43 flights)
  • Sun72%(54 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(8 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(36 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM94%(18 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(301 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 50% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202550%22
July 202567%21
August 202570%30
September 202593%28
October 202565%31
November 202574%27
December 202587%30
January 202689%26
February 202656%27
March 202656%25
April 202688%49
May 202671%48

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Based on 399 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.