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Airport month · December 2025
Tulsa International in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,536 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 10.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,468 departures with 82.2% leaving on time: a change of −0.1 points, with flights up 5%.
Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 76.1% of the time (1,535 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 81.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.1% | 82.2% | 81.3% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 81.6% | 82.2% | 80.6% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.1 min | 18.6 min | 15.5 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 51 | 49 | 50 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,536 | 1,468 | 18,315 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 487 | 32% | 88.1% | -0.6 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 381 | 25% | 82.7% | 3.8 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 180 | 12% | 75.6% | 17.8 min | 0.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 146 | 10% | 80.8% | 0.7 min | 2.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 123 | 8% | 83.7% | -7.4 min | 5.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 81 | 5% | 69.1% | 24.1 min | 3.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 63 | 4% | 73.0% | 13.8 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 49 | 3% | 59.2% | 40.7 min | 2.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 20 | 1% | 80.0% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 6 | 0% | 100.0% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUL–DFW | Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 222 | 78.8% | 13.6 min | 0.9% |
| TUL–DEN | Tulsa to Denver | 203 | 82.3% | 6.8 min | 0.5% |
| TUL–ORD | Tulsa to Chicago | 189 | 69.3% | 14.4 min | 2.1% |
| TUL–ATL | Tulsa to Atlanta | 123 | 83.7% | -7.4 min | 5.7% |
| TUL–PHX | Tulsa to Phoenix | 120 | 86.7% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–IAH | Tulsa to Houston | 92 | 81.5% | 7.7 min | 1.1% |
| TUL–DAL | Tulsa to Dallas | 89 | 89.9% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LAS | Tulsa to Las Vegas | 72 | 84.7% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–CLT | Tulsa to Charlotte | 62 | 83.9% | -7.0 min | 1.6% |
| TUL–STL | Tulsa to St. Louis | 60 | 91.7% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LGA | Tulsa to New York | 55 | 63.6% | 31.9 min | 3.6% |
| TUL–HOU | Tulsa to Houston | 48 | 85.4% | -0.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUL on time in December 2025?
82.1% of 1,536 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 82.2% of 1,468 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 1.2% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.