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Airport month · September 2025
Tulsa International in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,516 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,467 departures with 89.3% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights up 3%.
Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 82.5% of the time (1,516 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 85.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.8% | 89.3% | 81.3% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 85.0% | 88.8% | 80.6% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.1 min | 10.1 min | 15.5 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 51 | 49 | 50 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,516 | 1,467 | 18,315 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 467 | 31% | 89.7% | -2.2 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 339 | 22% | 82.9% | 2.8 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 203 | 13% | 82.3% | 4.8 min | 3.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 148 | 10% | 79.1% | 1.3 min | 0.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 137 | 9% | 88.3% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 92 | 6% | 92.4% | -3.0 min | 1.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 63 | 4% | 77.8% | 5.9 min | 4.8% |
| YX Republic Airline | 48 | 3% | 79.2% | 4.5 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 19 | 1% | 63.2% | 8.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUL–DFW | Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 246 | 80.1% | 4.4 min | 3.3% |
| TUL–DEN | Tulsa to Denver | 197 | 83.8% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–ORD | Tulsa to Chicago | 162 | 81.5% | 2.2 min | 1.2% |
| TUL–ATL | Tulsa to Atlanta | 137 | 88.3% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–IAH | Tulsa to Houston | 120 | 90.0% | -0.6 min | 0.8% |
| TUL–DAL | Tulsa to Dallas | 90 | 93.3% | -6.3 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–PHX | Tulsa to Phoenix | 85 | 83.5% | 2.5 min | 1.2% |
| TUL–LAS | Tulsa to Las Vegas | 65 | 81.5% | 2.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–CLT | Tulsa to Charlotte | 60 | 85.0% | 9.8 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–STL | Tulsa to St. Louis | 56 | 89.3% | -9.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–HOU | Tulsa to Houston | 55 | 90.9% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LGA | Tulsa to New York | 46 | 78.3% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUL on time in September 2025?
86.8% of 1,516 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 89.3% of 1,467 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.8% and 0.9% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.