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Airport month · December 2024
Tulsa International in December 2024
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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,468 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,288 departures with 89.3% leaving on time: a change of −7.1 points, with flights up 14%.
Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 79.0% of the time (1,467 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 82.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.5%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.2% | 89.3% | 81.3% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 82.2% | 88.6% | 80.6% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1.8% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.6 min | 7.2 min | 15.5 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 49 | 43 | 50 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,468 | 1,288 | 18,315 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 444 | 30% | 88.3% | -1.3 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 294 | 20% | 86.4% | 4.2 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 223 | 15% | 71.7% | 39.6 min | 1.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 119 | 8% | 68.1% | 14.7 min | 3.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 116 | 8% | 81.9% | 4.3 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 98 | 7% | 84.7% | 2.8 min | 2.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 59 | 4% | 78.0% | 10.5 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 48 | 3% | 83.3% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 40 | 3% | 85.0% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 27 | 2% | 81.5% | 23.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUL–DFW | Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 277 | 69.3% | 37.5 min | 3.6% |
| TUL–DEN | Tulsa to Denver | 197 | 89.3% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–ATL | Tulsa to Atlanta | 132 | 84.1% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–ORD | Tulsa to Chicago | 128 | 89.1% | -0.5 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–PHX | Tulsa to Phoenix | 120 | 82.5% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–DAL | Tulsa to Dallas | 90 | 84.4% | 2.5 min | 1.1% |
| TUL–CLT | Tulsa to Charlotte | 86 | 81.4% | 4.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–SLC | Tulsa to Salt Lake City | 59 | 89.8% | -8.8 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–STL | Tulsa to St. Louis | 59 | 94.9% | -10.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LAS | Tulsa to Las Vegas | 56 | 89.3% | -4.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LGA | Tulsa to New York | 51 | 72.5% | 11.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–HOU | Tulsa to Houston | 48 | 81.3% | 11.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUL on time in December 2024?
82.2% of 1,468 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 89.3% of 1,288 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 0.8% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; 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.