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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 88% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
American TUL LAX 3h 37m 89% 0.3% 366 Flying now
Allegiant TUL LAX 3h 25m 50%few flights 0.0% 10 Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Tulsa). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails → TUL 06:00 → LAS 06:50WN 4055 3h 14m Las Vegas LAS 10:04 → LAX 11:24AA 6425 · flown by SkyWest 7h 24m 100% 93%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → TUL 06:00 → DEN 06:50WN 1676 3h 12m Denver DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405 7h 34m 98% 90%
UnitedDetails → TUL 09:22 → DEN 10:10UA 1029 3h 16m Denver DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774 7h 35m 99% 89%
United + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails → TUL 06:00 → DEN 07:00UA 5667 · flown by SkyWest 2h 35m Denver DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569 7h 05m 98% 89%
UnitedDetails → TUL 05:00 → IAH 06:43UA 4041 · flown by Mesa 3h 10m Houston IAH 09:53 → LAX 11:30UA 469 8h 30m 100% 88%
DeltaDetails → TUL 06:00 → ATL 09:00DL 1259 2h 30m Atlanta ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326 9h 08m 98% 87%
UnitedDetails → TUL 07:00 → IAH 08:46UA 3984 · flown by Mesa 3h 47m Houston IAH 12:33 → LAX 14:06UA 2460 9h 06m 99% 86%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → TUL 06:35 → PHX 07:05WN 4287 3h 01m Phoenix PHX 10:06 → LAX 11:31UA 2487 6h 56m 96% 85%
Tight connection: often missed
AmericanDetails → TUL 10:54 → DFW 12:16AA 2851 55m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 13:11 → LAX 14:20AA 3334 5h 26m 69% 50%
DeltaDetails → TUL 18:49 → ATL 21:59DL 2837 51m Atlanta ATL 22:50 → LAX 00:31 +1DL 575 7h 43m 71% 46%
AmericanDetails → TUL 19:35 → ORD 21:44AA 3827 · flown by Envoy 46m Chicago ORD 22:30 → LAX 00:52 +1AA 1209 7h 17m 62% 28%

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.

Morning
DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 06:00 3%
ATL · 1h 20m · leaves 06:00 5%
IAH · 1h 07m · leaves 07:00 7%
Afternoon and evening
DFW · 47m · leaves 20:20 40%
LAS · 1h 00m · leaves 20:35 50%
DAL · 47m · leaves 18:40 53%

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