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Airport month · May 2025
Tulsa International in May 2025
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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,554 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.5% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so TUL departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,516 departures with 77.5% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights up 3%.
Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 71.6% of the time (1,552 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 23% and extreme weather 23%.
- On time 75.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
- Cancelled 1.6%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.3% | 77.5% | 81.3% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 75.5% | 74.8% | 80.6% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.5 min | 21.3 min | 15.5 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 52 | 51 | 50 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,554 | 1,516 | 18,315 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 515 | 33% | 75.9% | 12.0 min | 0.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 309 | 20% | 80.3% | 5.4 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 222 | 14% | 69.4% | 27.2 min | 4.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 138 | 9% | 76.8% | 8.8 min | 0.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 98 | 6% | 72.4% | 6.3 min | 1.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 97 | 6% | 64.9% | 20.1 min | 6.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 82 | 5% | 78.0% | 2.2 min | 2.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 54 | 3% | 85.2% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 39 | 3% | 76.9% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUL–DFW | Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 262 | 67.6% | 28.2 min | 5.3% |
| TUL–DEN | Tulsa to Denver | 211 | 65.9% | 19.9 min | 0.9% |
| TUL–ATL | Tulsa to Atlanta | 138 | 76.8% | 8.8 min | 0.7% |
| TUL–ORD | Tulsa to Chicago | 132 | 80.3% | 1.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–PHX | Tulsa to Phoenix | 92 | 82.6% | 9.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–IAH | Tulsa to Houston | 91 | 81.3% | 3.9 min | 3.3% |
| TUL–DAL | Tulsa to Dallas | 89 | 77.5% | 8.2 min | 2.2% |
| TUL–HOU | Tulsa to Houston | 66 | 75.8% | 13.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LAS | Tulsa to Las Vegas | 66 | 83.3% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–CLT | Tulsa to Charlotte | 62 | 67.7% | 14.8 min | 1.6% |
| TUL–SLC | Tulsa to Salt Lake City | 62 | 96.8% | -10.5 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–STL | Tulsa to St. Louis | 57 | 77.2% | 9.4 min | 1.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUL on time in May 2025?
76.3% of 1,554 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 77.5% of 1,516 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 76.3% and 1.6% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.