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Airport month · April 2026
Tulsa International in April 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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,509 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,467 departures with 79.4% leaving on time: a change of +3.2 points, with flights up 3%.
Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 78.6% of the time (1,511 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 81.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.3%
April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2026 | Apr 2025 | TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.6% | 79.4% | 81.3% | 79.1% |
| Arrived on time | 81.5% | 77.8% | 80.6% | 78.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.3 min | 17.7 min | 15.5 min | 14.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 50 | 49 | 50 | 19,931 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,509 | 1,467 | 18,315 | 597,919 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 466 | 31% | 86.3% | -0.4 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 402 | 27% | 77.4% | 14.3 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 203 | 13% | 80.3% | 2.1 min | 2.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 144 | 10% | 73.6% | 13.5 min | 3.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 136 | 9% | 89.7% | -9.4 min | 0.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 57 | 4% | 80.7% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 50 | 3% | 86.0% | 1.2 min | 2.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 31 | 2% | 74.2% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 16 | 1% | 68.8% | 26.2 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 4 | 0% | 75.0% | 34.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUL–DFW | Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 235 | 74.9% | 7.1 min | 2.6% |
| TUL–DEN | Tulsa to Denver | 188 | 77.1% | 12.5 min | 0.5% |
| TUL–ORD | Tulsa to Chicago | 184 | 73.9% | 14.3 min | 4.3% |
| TUL–ATL | Tulsa to Atlanta | 136 | 89.7% | -9.4 min | 0.7% |
| TUL–PHX | Tulsa to Phoenix | 117 | 80.3% | 20.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–DAL | Tulsa to Dallas | 86 | 89.5% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–IAH | Tulsa to Houston | 61 | 80.3% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–BNA | Tulsa to Nashville | 60 | 85.0% | 3.0 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–CLT | Tulsa to Charlotte | 60 | 91.7% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–MDW | Tulsa to Chicago | 59 | 84.7% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LAS | Tulsa to Las Vegas | 56 | 83.9% | 1.4 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LGA | Tulsa to New York | 53 | 81.1% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUL on time in April 2026?
82.6% of 1,509 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2025, 79.4% of 1,467 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 82.6% and 1.1% in April 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.