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Route Reliability

Tulsa → Denver

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

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
2,410
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines83%896 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines79%1,472 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (42 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

TUL–DEN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 64% between 3–6 PM.

Friday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 83% on time on Fridays against 79% on Tuesdays.

Southwest Airlines has a slight edge here.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; United Airlines managed 79%.

Slipping a little lately.

TUL–DEN flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% 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
  • Mon80%(347 flights)
  • Tue79%(327 flights)
  • Wed80%(317 flights)
  • Thu80%(358 flights)
  • Fri83%(343 flights)
  • Sat80%(313 flights)
  • Sun80%(376 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(134 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(601 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(749 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(146 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(381 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(337 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM82%(33 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 67% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%208
July 202568%212
August 202575%200
September 202585%197
October 202581%205
November 202588%198
December 202584%202
January 202690%187
February 202685%183
March 202684%194
April 202679%186
May 202681%209

Based on 2,410 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.