On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2025

Tulsa International in January 2025

82.1%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,286 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.4% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 1,218 departures with 80.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.6 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 75.3% of the time (1,285 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 20%.

Every scheduled departure from TUL in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2025Jan 2024TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time82.1%80.5%81.3%79.3%
Arrived on time81.4%74.3%80.6%78.6%
Cancelled3.5%2.7%1.8%3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)12.7 min16.8 min15.5 min14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day43415017,992
Scheduled departures1,2861,21818,315539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines37529%88.3%-6.8 min4.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines32725%80.1%3.1 min0.0%
AA American Airlines19015%77.4%19.3 min5.3%
OH PSA Airlines1078%57.9%19.1 min11.2%
DL Delta Air Lines1038%83.5%-7.7 min5.8%
MQ Envoy Air867%83.7%-2.0 min2.3%
YX Republic Airline685%91.2%-4.0 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air232%91.3%-13.1 min0.0%
UA United Airlines71%57.1%47.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
TUL–DFWTulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth25073.6%16.1 min6.0%
TUL–DENTulsa to Denver19179.6%1.2 min1.6%
TUL–ORDTulsa to Chicago12188.4%-3.8 min0.0%
TUL–ATLTulsa to Atlanta10383.5%-7.7 min5.8%
TUL–PHXTulsa to Phoenix10388.3%-4.2 min0.0%
TUL–DALTulsa to Dallas9387.1%-2.3 min4.3%
TUL–CLTTulsa to Charlotte8177.8%17.1 min4.9%
TUL–HOUTulsa to Houston6086.7%-7.2 min5.0%
TUL–STLTulsa to St. Louis5978.0%-2.7 min8.5%
TUL–SLCTulsa to Salt Lake City5787.7%0.1 min0.0%
TUL–LASTulsa to Las Vegas4495.5%-16.1 min0.0%
TUL–LAXTulsa to Los Angeles4070.0%5.6 min0.0%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2025Minutes
Air carrier32.8%36.2%5,105
Late-arriving aircraft38.7%34.7%6,028
National Aviation System20.2%19.9%3,154
Extreme weather8.1%9.1%1,260
Security0.2%0.2%29
15,576 delay minutes on 192 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left TUL on time in January 2025?

82.1% of 1,286 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 80.5% of 1,218 departures left on time and 2.7% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 3.5% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.