Tulsa International in December 2023

89.3%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,288 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 89.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.6% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 83.7% of the time (1,287 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 88.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	89.3%	—	81.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.6%	—	80.6%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.8%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.2 min	—	15.5 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	—	50	19,013
Scheduled departures	1,288	—	18,315	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	465	36%	91.6%	-5.9 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	242	19%	87.2%	-3.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	193	15%	80.8%	5.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	107	8%	93.5%	-8.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	98	8%	93.9%	-6.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	58	5%	91.4%	-1.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	40	3%	77.5%	3.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	38	3%	89.5%	5.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	25	2%	76.0%	-2.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	22	2%	86.4%	-2.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUL–DFW	Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth	202	83.7%	-1.7 min	0.0%
TUL–DEN	Tulsa to Denver	133	89.5%	-4.2 min	0.0%
TUL–ATL	Tulsa to Atlanta	129	92.2%	-7.7 min	0.0%
TUL–DAL	Tulsa to Dallas	110	92.7%	-5.9 min	0.0%
TUL–ORD	Tulsa to Chicago	110	94.5%	-8.2 min	0.0%
TUL–PHX	Tulsa to Phoenix	83	88.0%	-8.3 min	0.0%
TUL–LAS	Tulsa to Las Vegas	75	89.3%	-6.1 min	0.0%
TUL–CLT	Tulsa to Charlotte	62	79.0%	17.9 min	0.0%
TUL–SLC	Tulsa to Salt Lake City	62	88.7%	-0.4 min	0.0%
TUL–STL	Tulsa to St. Louis	59	96.6%	-5.8 min	0.0%
TUL–HOU	Tulsa to Houston	44	97.7%	-7.1 min	0.0%
TUL–LAX	Tulsa to Los Angeles	38	86.8%	-8.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.1%	37.1%	3,040
Late-arriving aircraft	45.8%	38.8%	3,473
National Aviation System	11.3%	17.6%	853
Extreme weather	2.8%	6.2%	216
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

7,582 delay minutes on 143 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 December 2023?

89.3% of 1,288 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.