TUL · Tulsa, United States
Tulsa International Airport.
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Tulsa International Airport
Airport in Oklahoma, U.S.
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for TUL
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3930; ident KTUL; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
tulsaairports.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Tulsa International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
15 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
TUL / KTUL
OurAirports ident
KTUL
GPS / local code
KTUL / TUL
ISO region
US-OK
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
tulsaairports.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q515522
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 7:08 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--CDT · UTC-05:00
Time zone
CDT
America/Chicago · UTC-05:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
11 km
Approximate distance to central Tulsa.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
3 runways
Longest runway
10,000 ft / 3,048 m
Runway surface
concrete (2), asphalt
Opened / operator
Operational history note unavailable
Owner / entity
Q515522
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
15 source-backed signals
Tulsa International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Tulsa, United States. Tulsa's built-up core sits roughly 11 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Chicago (UTC-05:00, CDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Tulsa International Airport (TUL / KTUL) is at 36.1971° N, 95.8862° W, elevation 677 ft (206 m), serving Tulsa, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Tulsa is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/Chicago (CDT, UTC-05:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Tulsa: 11 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for TUL.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Tulsa International Airport (TUL / KTUL)
Tulsa International Airport · Airport in Oklahoma, U.S.
Source identifiers
KTUL · KTUL · TUL · US-OK
tulsaairports.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Owasso
owasso · 8.5 km from TUL
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 34,542 · city coordinates 36.2695, -95.8547
2. Tulsa
tulsa · 11 km from TUL
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 413,066 · city coordinates 36.1540, -95.9928
3. Broken Arrow
broken-arrow · 18 km from TUL
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 106,563 · city coordinates 36.0526, -95.7908
4. Jenks
jenks · 21 km from TUL
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 20,740 · city coordinates 36.0229, -95.9683
5. Sand Springs
sand-springs · 21 km from TUL
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 19,783 · city coordinates 36.1398, -96.1089
6. Claremore
claremore · 27 km from TUL
United States · America/Chicago · +0h · population 18,997 · city coordinates 36.3126, -95.6161
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. OKC KOKC
OKC Will Rogers World Airport · Oklahoma City
178 km from TUL · America/Chicago · +0h · elevation 1,295 ft (395 m) · airport coordinates 35.3934, -97.5982
2. MCI KMCI
Kansas City International Airport · Kansas City
360 km from TUL · America/Chicago · +0h · elevation 1,026 ft (313 m) · airport coordinates 39.3017, -94.7139
3. DFW KDFW
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · Dallas-Fort Worth
382 km from TUL · America/Chicago · +0h · elevation 607 ft (185 m) · airport coordinates 32.8968, -97.0380
Route-time reference set
1. TUL-OKC
Oklahoma City · 178 km · 1h 4m
America/Chicago · +0h from TUL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. TUL-MCI
Kansas City · 360 km · 1h 17m
America/Chicago · +0h from TUL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. TUL-DFW
Dallas-Fort Worth · 382 km · 1h 19m
America/Chicago · +0h from TUL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
3 runways
Longest runway 10,000 ft / 3,048 m. 3 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
concrete (2), asphalt
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for TUL.
Runway identifiers
08/26 · 18L/36R · 18R/36L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. OKC KOKC
OKC Will Rogers World Airport · Oklahoma City · 178 km from TUL
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 1,295 ft (395 m) · 35.3934, -97.5982
2. MCI KMCI
Kansas City International Airport · Kansas City · 360 km from TUL
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 1,026 ft (313 m) · 39.3017, -94.7139
3. DFW KDFW
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · Dallas-Fort Worth · 382 km from TUL
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 607 ft (185 m) · 32.8968, -97.0380
4. DAL KDAL
Dallas Love Field · Dallas · 383 km from TUL
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 487 ft (148 m) · 32.8448, -96.8477
5. MEM KMEM
Memphis International Airport · Memphis · 549 km from TUL
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 341 ft (104 m) · 35.0438, -89.9763
6. STL KSTL
St. Louis Lambert International Airport · St Louis · 563 km from TUL
large airport · America/Chicago · united-states · 618 ft (188 m) · 38.7487, -90.3700
Country and authority
TUL sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). TUL is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in Oklahoma, U.S.. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q515522 · Tulsa International Airport. Administrative area: Tulsa
Field and clock profile
Tulsa International Airport is a low-elevation field at 677 ft (206 m), positioned at 36.1971° N, 95.8862° W in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 3 runways and a longest runway of 10,000 ft / 3,048 m. The airport clock uses America/Chicago (CDT, UTC-05:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Owasso is the closest retained city-time anchor at 8.5 km. OKC Oklahoma City is the closest retained airport alternative at 178 km.
Country airport peers
TUL is compared with OKC Oklahoma City at 178 km, MCI Kansas City at 360 km, DFW Dallas-Fort Worth at 382 km, DAL Dallas at 383 km, MEM Memphis at 549 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
TUL-OKC Oklahoma City: 178 km, about 1h 4m, +0h. TUL-MCI Kansas City: 360 km, about 1h 17m, +0h. TUL-DFW Dallas-Fort Worth: 382 km, about 1h 19m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KTUL backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. tulsaairports.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
3 runways · longest 10,000 ft / 3,048 m
Runway identifiers
08/26, 18L/36R, 18R/36L
OurAirports classifies TUL as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Tulsa.
TUL (KTUL) is a low-elevation field at 677 ft (206 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
TUL sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
TUL's runway record lists 3 runways, with the longest runway at 10,000 ft / 3,048 m and source surfaces recorded as concrete (2), asphalt.
Civil aviation oversight for TUL runs through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at tulsaairports.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for TUL
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
TUL uses America/Chicago (CDT, UTC-05:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Tulsa International Airport is about 11 km from central Tulsa; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
OKC Oklahoma City is the closest retained alternate at 178 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
tulsaairports.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place TUL inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
TUL ranks #92 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
TUL shares America/Chicago with AUS Austin US · BHM Birmingham US · BNA Nashville US · DAL Dallas US · DFW Dallas-Fort Worth US · DSM Des Moines US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
TUL is 677 ft (206 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include ORD 680 ft (207 m) (3 ft delta) · LBA 681 ft (208 m) (4 ft delta) · OSL 681 ft (208 m) (4 ft delta) · MSQ 670 ft (204 m) (7 ft delta) · VKO 685 ft (209 m) (8 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
TUL's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are OKC 178 km +0h · MCI 360 km +0h · DFW 382 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | OKC | 178 km | 1h 4m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Kansas City | MCI | 360 km | 1h 17m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW | 382 km | 1h 19m | +0h | --:--:-- |
TUL to OKC
Oklahoma City
Distance 178 km; estimated travel window 1h 4m; destination zone America/Chicago is +0h from TUL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
TUL to MCI
Kansas City
Distance 360 km; estimated travel window 1h 17m; destination zone America/Chicago is +0h from TUL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
TUL to DFW
Dallas-Fort Worth
Distance 382 km; estimated travel window 1h 19m; destination zone America/Chicago is +0h from TUL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Tulsa is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Tulsa is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Tulsa International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from TUL, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Owasso
owasso · 8.5 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Tulsa
tulsa · 11 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Broken Arrow
broken-arrow · 18 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Jenks
jenks · 21 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sand Springs
sand-springs · 21 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Claremore
claremore · 27 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bixby
bixby · 28 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sapulpa
sapulpa · 30 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bartlesville
bartlesville · 62 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Muskogee
muskogee · 68 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Tahlequah
tahlequah · 88 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Stillwater
stillwater · 106 km · America/Chicago
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Tulsa International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Oklahoma City (OKC), Kansas City (MCI), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 3 runways; longest runway 10,000 ft / 3,048 m; identifiers 08/26, 18L/36R, 18R/36L.
- Runway surfaces: concrete (2), asphalt; 3 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Historical opening year: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from TUL. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
OKC Will Rogers World AirportOKC
Oklahoma City · large airport
- Distance
- 178 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 1,295 ft (395 m)
Compare against OKC when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Kansas City International AirportMCI
Kansas City · large airport
- Distance
- 360 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 1,026 ft (313 m)
Compare against MCI when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth · large airport
- Distance
- 382 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 607 ft (185 m)
Compare against DFW when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Tulsa International Airport (TUL) in?▾
Tulsa International Airport is in the America/Chicago timezone (UTC-05:00, CDT).
What are the codes for Tulsa International Airport?▾
Tulsa International Airport uses IATA code TUL and ICAO code KTUL.
Where is Tulsa International Airport located?▾
Tulsa International Airport is located in Tulsa, United States at coordinates 36.1971° N, 95.8862° W, with an elevation of 677 ft (206 m) (low-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is Tulsa International Airport from central Tulsa?▾
Tulsa International Airport sits roughly 11 km from the nearest mapped city center for Tulsa.
Which route reference is most useful from TUL?▾
Oklahoma City (OKC) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 4m, destination timezone America/Chicago, and a +0h difference from TUL.
Which authority regulates TUL?▾
Tulsa International Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to TUL?▾
TUL's curated peers in United States on this site include OKC Oklahoma City, MCI Kansas City, DFW Dallas-Fort Worth, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Tulsa International Airport have?▾
Tulsa International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 3 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 10,000 ft / 3,048 m; identifiers include 08/26, 18L/36R, 18R/36L.