Tulsa International in July 2026

78.7%departed on time

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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,613 domestic departures from Tulsa International (TUL). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so TUL departures were 9.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 1,803 departures with 74.4% leaving on time: a change of +4.3 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at TUL that month were on time 69.4% of the time (1,614 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 79.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from TUL in July 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	TUL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	78.7%	74.4%	81.3%	68.8%
Arrived on time	79.4%	72.6%	80.6%	69.4%
Cancelled	1.5%	1.9%	1.8%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.2 min	20.8 min	15.5 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	54	60	50	21,066
Scheduled departures	1,613	1,803	18,315	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	486	30%	82.7%	3.3 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	304	19%	78.0%	4.8 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	288	18%	84.4%	-1.7 min	1.4%
AA American Airlines	159	10%	84.9%	9.9 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	140	9%	77.1%	0.8 min	2.1%
OH PSA Airlines	68	4%	57.4%	48.2 min	7.4%
UA United Airlines	66	4%	80.3%	6.4 min	1.5%
YX Republic Airline	62	4%	61.3%	12.1 min	12.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	40	2%	62.5%	32.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUL–DFW	Tulsa to Dallas/Fort Worth	241	81.7%	8.5 min	0.8%
TUL–DEN	Tulsa to Denver	236	76.3%	10.0 min	0.0%
TUL–ORD	Tulsa to Chicago	186	79.6%	1.1 min	3.2%
TUL–ATL	Tulsa to Atlanta	140	77.1%	0.8 min	2.1%
TUL–PHX	Tulsa to Phoenix	92	91.3%	-7.1 min	0.0%
TUL–DAL	Tulsa to Dallas	85	85.9%	-4.5 min	0.0%
TUL–IAH	Tulsa to Houston	70	72.9%	9.6 min	0.0%
TUL–LAS	Tulsa to Las Vegas	70	78.6%	4.7 min	0.0%
TUL–BNA	Tulsa to Nashville	62	85.5%	3.4 min	0.0%
TUL–MDW	Tulsa to Chicago	62	88.7%	2.0 min	1.6%
TUL–CLT	Tulsa to Charlotte	61	78.7%	15.8 min	1.6%
TUL–LGA	Tulsa to New York	58	60.3%	11.6 min	13.8%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	28.9%	31.7%	6,857
Late-arriving aircraft	45.4%	41.8%	10,750
National Aviation System	17.0%	19.9%	4,037
Extreme weather	8.6%	6.5%	2,035
Security	0.1%	0.1%	18

23,697 delay minutes on 303 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left TUL on time in July 2026?

78.7% of 1,613 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 74.4% of 1,803 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 78.7% and 1.5% in July 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 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.