Tulsa International in September 2023

86.3%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,468 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 79.9% of the time (1,470 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	86.3%	—	81.3%	80.5%
Arrived on time	85.1%	—	80.6%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.8%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	—	15.5 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	—	50	18,978
Scheduled departures	1,468	—	18,315	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	461	31%	89.2%	-4.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	331	23%	85.2%	4.0 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	180	12%	80.0%	7.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	166	11%	74.1%	12.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	77	5%	94.8%	-9.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	60	4%	86.7%	-0.2 min	5.0%
UA United Airlines	59	4%	89.8%	-4.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	57	4%	94.7%	-8.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	41	3%	87.8%	-1.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	36	2%	61.1%	38.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUL–DFW	Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth	276	76.4%	6.5 min	0.0%
TUL–DEN	Tulsa to Denver	167	82.6%	0.1 min	0.0%
TUL–ATL	Tulsa to Atlanta	134	94.8%	-9.0 min	0.0%
TUL–ORD	Tulsa to Chicago	133	82.7%	11.5 min	0.0%
TUL–DAL	Tulsa to Dallas	110	91.8%	-6.1 min	0.0%
TUL–IAH	Tulsa to Houston	85	89.4%	3.3 min	0.0%
TUL–PHX	Tulsa to Phoenix	63	92.1%	1.9 min	0.0%
TUL–HOU	Tulsa to Houston	62	91.9%	-6.8 min	0.0%
TUL–CLT	Tulsa to Charlotte	60	86.7%	5.1 min	0.0%
TUL–SLC	Tulsa to Salt Lake City	58	89.7%	-0.3 min	0.0%
TUL–STL	Tulsa to St. Louis	55	92.7%	-5.2 min	0.0%
TUL–AUS	Tulsa to Austin	54	83.3%	3.2 min	1.9%

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	30.0%	36.4%	4,448
Late-arriving aircraft	48.5%	38.3%	7,180
National Aviation System	14.2%	19.9%	2,096
Extreme weather	7.3%	5.1%	1,079
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

14,803 delay minutes on 209 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 September 2023?

86.3% of 1,468 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.