OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Tulsa to Washington

1,049 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on TUL–DCA arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.9%of scheduled flights

based on 222 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • PSA Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel5.9%
    Flights222

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline36%
  • Weather10%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Late aircraft35%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline8%
  • Weather77%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 13 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 TUL → DCA

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 68% to 72% on time.

  • Evenings72% on time · p90 50 min · 832 flights
  • Afternoons68% on time · p90 60 min · 195 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 80% on time.

  • Saturdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 143 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 40 min · 159 flights · limited
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 55 min · 163 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 35 min · 162 flights · limited
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 60 min · 163 flights · limited
  • Fridays69% on time · p90 80 min · 162 flights · limited
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 60 min · 161 flights · limited

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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.