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Airport month · January 2026
Tulsa International in January 2026
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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,332 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 7.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 6.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,286 departures with 82.1% leaving on time: a change of +0.1 points, with flights up 4%.
Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 76.7% of the time (1,331 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 12%.
- On time 80.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.2%
- Cancelled 7.0%
- Diverted 0.0%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.2% | 82.1% | 81.3% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 80.9% | 81.4% | 80.6% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 7.0% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.9 min | 12.7 min | 15.5 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 44 | 43 | 50 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,332 | 1,286 | 18,315 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 406 | 30% | 85.5% | -9.4 min | 7.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 354 | 27% | 83.1% | 9.4 min | 2.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 144 | 11% | 75.7% | 14.2 min | 11.8% |
| YX Republic Airline | 126 | 9% | 75.4% | -2.3 min | 11.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 111 | 8% | 79.3% | -6.4 min | 8.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 102 | 8% | 80.4% | -0.8 min | 5.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 36 | 3% | 52.8% | 24.4 min | 13.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 31 | 2% | 83.9% | -0.6 min | 6.5% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 17 | 1% | 76.5% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 5 | 0% | 80.0% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUL–DFW | Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 205 | 76.6% | 12.5 min | 9.8% |
| TUL–DEN | Tulsa to Denver | 199 | 84.4% | -3.5 min | 6.0% |
| TUL–ORD | Tulsa to Chicago | 148 | 77.0% | 7.6 min | 4.1% |
| TUL–ATL | Tulsa to Atlanta | 111 | 79.3% | -6.4 min | 8.1% |
| TUL–PHX | Tulsa to Phoenix | 102 | 80.4% | 20.1 min | 4.9% |
| TUL–DAL | Tulsa to Dallas | 93 | 87.1% | -10.5 min | 7.5% |
| TUL–IAH | Tulsa to Houston | 65 | 83.1% | 5.8 min | 3.1% |
| TUL–HOU | Tulsa to Houston | 61 | 88.5% | -18.1 min | 8.2% |
| TUL–STL | Tulsa to St. Louis | 58 | 84.5% | -7.7 min | 6.9% |
| TUL–LGA | Tulsa to New York | 56 | 76.8% | 0.8 min | 10.7% |
| TUL–LAS | Tulsa to Las Vegas | 45 | 77.8% | -4.5 min | 4.4% |
| TUL–CLT | Tulsa to Charlotte | 36 | 75.0% | -4.7 min | 11.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUL on time in January 2026?
82.2% of 1,332 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 82.1% of 1,286 departures left on time and 3.5% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 7.0% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.