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Route Reliability

Tulsa → Chicago

TUL–ORD · 585 miles · Tulsa International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
2,393
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines78%1,259 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines74%1,134 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

TUL–ORD flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

TUL–ORD flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 73%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 74%.

Slipping a little lately.

TUL–ORD flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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
  • Mon73%(349 flights)
  • Tue78%(327 flights)
  • Wed80%(318 flights)
  • Thu77%(340 flights)
  • Fri77%(339 flights)
  • Sat74%(311 flights)
  • Sun73%(349 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(5 flights)
  • 6–9 AM81%(658 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(490 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(578 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(151 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(450 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 72% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%210
July 202562%205
August 202575%224
September 202584%216
October 202573%218
November 202578%188
December 202571%185
January 202681%142
February 202690%144
March 202678%177
April 202676%200
May 202676%224

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Based on 2,393 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.