Flights Tulsa → Houston
TUL → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Tulsa to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 87%. Over the course of a year, it records an average delay of 7.7 minutes per flight, with a total of 145 flights conducted. The destination airport in Houston serves over 13,908,466 passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and connectivity.
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 Tulsa (TUL) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 187 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13.8/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tulsa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tulsa (TUL) to Houston (HOU) heads south for about 731 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 20m.
Departures from Tulsa on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 49% of TUL-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tulsa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 187 tracked TUL-HOU flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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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 TUL-HOU
On the Tulsa (TUL) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 187 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tulsa-Houston is 0.00% across 187 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.
