Flights Chicago → Tulsa
MDW → TUL
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Tulsa has a 74% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 21.6 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, approximately 109 flights travel this route, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 2.89 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Chicago (MDW) → Tulsa (TUL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 140 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.86%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Tulsa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tulsa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (MDW) to Tulsa (TUL) heads south-west for about 937 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 35m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of MDW-TUL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tulsa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 140 tracked MDW-TUL flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 2.9% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about MDW-TUL
On the Chicago (MDW) -> Tulsa (TUL) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 140 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Tulsa is 2.86% across 140 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
