Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Southwest’s HOU → TUL flights land within a few points of 78% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	HOU	TUL	1h 30m	78%	0.7%	602	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Tulsa on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HOU 05:50 → ATL 08:50WN 2622	2h 10m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → TUL 11:56DL 2620	6h 06m	100%	83%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HOU 09:45 → ATL 12:48WN 1947	2h 07m Atlanta	ATL 14:55 → TUL 15:53DL 1186	6h 11m	96%	80%
Southwest Details →	HOU 06:25 → MDW 08:50WN 2039	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 10:00 → TUL 11:50WN 680	5h 25m	100%	79%
American Details →	HOU 06:03 → DFW 07:30AA 3395 · flown by Envoy	3h 36m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 11:06 → TUL 12:18AA 3829 · flown by Envoy	6h 15m	98%	77%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	HOU 10:20 → DEN 11:50WN 1972	1h 50m Denver	DEN 13:40 → TUL 16:29UA 5311 · flown by SkyWest	6h 09m	82%	73%
Delta Details →	HOU 17:12 → ATL 20:28DL 2381	1h 50m Atlanta	ATL 22:18 → TUL 23:19DL 2043	6h 10m	90%	73%
American Details →	HOU 06:03 → DFW 07:29AA 5492 · flown by PSA	1h 26m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:55 → TUL 10:02AA 2851	3h 59m	86%	68%
American Details →	HOU 12:46 → DFW 14:09AA 6413 · flown by SkyWest	2h 42m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 16:51 → TUL 18:03AA 4133 · flown by Envoy	5h 17m	89%	67%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	HOU 16:14 → DFW 17:38AA 5002 · flown by SkyWest	58m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:36 → TUL 19:48AA 3830 · flown by Envoy	3h 34m	60%	39%
American Details →	HOU 20:23 → DFW 21:50AA 3351 · flown by Envoy	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:38 → TUL 23:47AA 531	3h 24m	61%	32%
Southwest Details →	HOU 18:25 → LAS 19:35WN 2003	1h 00m Las Vegas	LAS 20:35 → TUL 01:15 +1WN 4339	6h 50m	58%	20%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 58m · leaves 16:14 40%

LAS · 1h 00m · leaves 18:25 42%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON