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Airport month · May 2026
Tulsa International in May 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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,626 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.7% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 1,554 departures with 76.3% leaving on time: a change of +1.3 points, with flights up 5%.
Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 73.4% of the time (1,625 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 77.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.6% | 76.3% | 81.3% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 77.7% | 75.5% | 80.6% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.8 min | 19.5 min | 15.5 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 54 | 52 | 50 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,626 | 1,554 | 18,315 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 483 | 30% | 75.8% | 6.5 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 395 | 24% | 80.3% | 7.1 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 214 | 13% | 73.4% | 25.9 min | 3.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 189 | 12% | 78.8% | 2.7 min | 2.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 145 | 9% | 84.8% | 7.4 min | 2.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 63 | 4% | 74.6% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 59 | 4% | 86.4% | -8.4 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 50 | 3% | 68.0% | 14.8 min | 2.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 28 | 2% | 71.4% | 19.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUL–DFW | Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth | 244 | 72.5% | 22.7 min | 4.9% |
| TUL–DEN | Tulsa to Denver | 210 | 79.0% | 2.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–ORD | Tulsa to Chicago | 196 | 77.0% | 5.6 min | 0.5% |
| TUL–ATL | Tulsa to Atlanta | 145 | 84.8% | 7.4 min | 2.8% |
| TUL–PHX | Tulsa to Phoenix | 117 | 80.3% | 9.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–DAL | Tulsa to Dallas | 88 | 72.7% | 3.2 min | 1.1% |
| TUL–IAH | Tulsa to Houston | 84 | 75.0% | 18.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–BNA | Tulsa to Nashville | 62 | 67.7% | 16.5 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–CLT | Tulsa to Charlotte | 61 | 86.9% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–MDW | Tulsa to Chicago | 61 | 83.6% | 7.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LAS | Tulsa to Las Vegas | 58 | 72.4% | 9.8 min | 0.0% |
| TUL–LGA | Tulsa to New York | 54 | 87.0% | -8.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUL on time in May 2026?
77.6% of 1,626 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 76.3% of 1,554 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 77.6% and 1.2% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.