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Airport month · March 2026
Tulsa International in March 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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,518 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.8% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,499 departures with 84.2% leaving on time: a change of −6.8 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 73.3% of the time (1,518 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 78.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
- Cancelled 2.0%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.4% | 84.2% | 81.3% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 78.8% | 83.4% | 80.6% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 23.5 min | 11.9 min | 15.5 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 51 | 50 | 50 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,518 | 1,499 | 18,315 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 479 | 32% | 83.5% | 3.3 min | 0.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 394 | 26% | 81.7% | 7.6 min | 1.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 214 | 14% | 72.4% | 29.9 min | 0.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 155 | 10% | 79.4% | 2.9 min | 3.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 119 | 8% | 79.8% | 14.8 min | 3.4% |
| YX Republic Airline | 62 | 4% | 56.5% | 42.8 min | 8.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 35 | 2% | 88.6% | -5.4 min | 2.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 29 | 2% | 48.3% | 26.3 min | 13.8% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 18 | 1% | 77.8% | 29.8 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 13 | 1% | 53.8% | 9.2 min | 7.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUL–DFW | Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 240 | 76.7% | 17.3 min | 1.3% |
| TUL–DEN | Tulsa to Denver | 197 | 81.7% | 2.6 min | 1.5% |
| TUL–ORD | Tulsa to Chicago | 184 | 73.9% | 12.3 min | 4.9% |
| TUL–PHX | Tulsa to Phoenix | 122 | 86.9% | 9.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–ATL | Tulsa to Atlanta | 119 | 79.8% | 14.8 min | 3.4% |
| TUL–DAL | Tulsa to Dallas | 89 | 84.3% | -2.2 min | 1.1% |
| TUL–IAH | Tulsa to Houston | 66 | 80.3% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LAS | Tulsa to Las Vegas | 64 | 93.8% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–CLT | Tulsa to Charlotte | 62 | 75.8% | 29.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–BNA | Tulsa to Nashville | 58 | 84.5% | 4.5 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LGA | Tulsa to New York | 58 | 58.6% | 35.8 min | 8.6% |
| TUL–MDW | Tulsa to Chicago | 50 | 70.0% | 26.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUL on time in March 2026?
77.4% of 1,518 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 84.2% of 1,499 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 77.4% and 2.0% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.