OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Atlanta to Tulsa

674 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ATL–TUL arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.4%of scheduled flights

based on 1,589 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel2.4%
    Flights1,589

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline56%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft28%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline71%
  • Weather29%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 38 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ATL → TUL

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 10 min · 1,002 flights
  • Middays86% on time · p90 25 min · 1,020 flights
  • Afternoons81% on time · p90 35 min · 1,299 flights
  • Overnights79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,067 flights
  • Evenings79% on time · p90 35 min · 271 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 86% on time.

  • Wednesdays86% on time · p90 25 min · 677 flights
  • Thursdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 690 flights
  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 678 flights
  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 551 flights
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 30 min · 694 flights
  • Sundays81% on time · p90 40 min · 678 flights
  • Fridays81% on time · p90 30 min · 691 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.