Flights Houston → Tulsa
IAH → TUL
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Tulsa operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 85%. Over the course of one year, this route has seen 504 flights, each typically using a Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft and experiencing an average delay of 7.9 minutes. The destination airport serves over 2.8 million passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and demand for air travel between these two cities.
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 Houston (IAH) → Tulsa (TUL) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 636 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.89%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.5/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tulsa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Tulsa (TUL) heads north for about 693 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 17m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 35% of IAH-TUL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tulsa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 636 tracked IAH-TUL flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-TUL
On the Houston (IAH) -> Tulsa (TUL) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 636 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Tulsa is 1.89% across 636 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
