Tulsa International in August 2023

86.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,450 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 86.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 9.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 80.1% of the time (1,450 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from TUL in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	86.1%	—	81.3%	76.7%
Arrived on time	85.5%	—	80.6%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	—	15.5 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	—	50	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,450	—	18,315	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	476	33%	87.8%	-2.4 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	233	16%	90.1%	1.1 min	0.4%
MQ Envoy Air	192	13%	80.7%	0.8 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	167	12%	79.6%	11.7 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	141	10%	85.1%	1.0 min	2.1%
OH PSA Airlines	81	6%	84.0%	8.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	4%	88.7%	-2.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	60	4%	90.0%	-14.1 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	38	3%	71.1%	4.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUL–DFW	Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth	300	82.7%	6.0 min	0.3%
TUL–DEN	Tulsa to Denver	155	87.1%	1.6 min	0.0%
TUL–ATL	Tulsa to Atlanta	141	85.1%	1.0 min	2.1%
TUL–DAL	Tulsa to Dallas	114	86.8%	-6.9 min	0.0%
TUL–ORD	Tulsa to Chicago	96	79.2%	1.2 min	3.1%
TUL–CLT	Tulsa to Charlotte	62	79.0%	10.3 min	1.6%
TUL–IAH	Tulsa to Houston	62	87.1%	-2.2 min	0.0%
TUL–PHX	Tulsa to Phoenix	62	93.5%	-7.9 min	0.0%
TUL–SLC	Tulsa to Salt Lake City	62	96.8%	-8.8 min	0.0%
TUL–HOU	Tulsa to Houston	60	90.0%	-1.4 min	0.0%
TUL–AUS	Tulsa to Austin	58	84.5%	23.0 min	1.7%
TUL–STL	Tulsa to St. Louis	58	93.1%	-5.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	37.0%	36.7%	5,221
Late-arriving aircraft	42.0%	42.2%	5,918
National Aviation System	13.0%	15.7%	1,838
Extreme weather	7.9%	5.1%	1,116
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

14,093 delay minutes on 196 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left TUL on time in August 2023?

86.1% of 1,450 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for TUL · methodology · corrections.