Tulsa International in October 2023

85.5%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,486 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 85.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 80.1% of the time (1,482 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	85.5%	—	81.3%	83.8%
Arrived on time	85.1%	—	80.6%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.8%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.1 min	—	15.5 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	50	—	50	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,486	—	18,315	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	497	33%	80.7%	1.4 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	298	20%	86.9%	4.9 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	208	14%	80.3%	3.9 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	169	11%	81.7%	0.9 min	2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	85	6%	97.6%	-8.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	68	5%	97.1%	-15.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	59	4%	96.6%	-13.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	54	4%	92.6%	-4.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	44	3%	88.6%	-3.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	4	0%	100.0%	-12.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUL–DFW	Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth	263	76.8%	3.7 min	3.0%
TUL–ORD	Tulsa to Chicago	150	91.3%	-2.9 min	0.7%
TUL–ATL	Tulsa to Atlanta	144	97.2%	-10.2 min	0.0%
TUL–DAL	Tulsa to Dallas	115	80.0%	-0.8 min	0.9%
TUL–DEN	Tulsa to Denver	100	80.0%	1.8 min	0.0%
TUL–IAH	Tulsa to Houston	86	84.9%	7.2 min	0.0%
TUL–LAS	Tulsa to Las Vegas	68	80.9%	4.7 min	0.0%
TUL–HOU	Tulsa to Houston	67	76.1%	6.0 min	0.0%
TUL–PHX	Tulsa to Phoenix	67	86.6%	-0.5 min	0.0%
TUL–CLT	Tulsa to Charlotte	63	93.7%	-0.5 min	0.0%
TUL–SLC	Tulsa to Salt Lake City	62	88.7%	3.9 min	0.0%
TUL–AUS	Tulsa to Austin	58	77.6%	14.2 min	3.4%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	35.9%	41.3%	4,295
Late-arriving aircraft	43.1%	40.5%	5,159
National Aviation System	16.7%	14.4%	1,994
Extreme weather	4.3%	3.7%	516
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

11,964 delay minutes on 208 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 October 2023?

85.5% of 1,486 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.