Tulsa International
TUL · KTUL · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Tulsa County · map
Tulsa International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Tulsa, 5 miles northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma, 678 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 18L/36R, is 10,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KTUL · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 63 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 56°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTUL 061853Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02780133
TAF KTUL 061720Z 0618/0718 18007KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TUL · ICAO KTUL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Tulsa
- Elevation
- 678 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1942
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18L/36R | 10,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 7,376 × 150 ft | Concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 18R/36L | 6,101 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 41 ft high 1,894 ft from the end
- Runway 36R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), right-hand traffic pattern, tree 29 ft high 1,593 ft from the end
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 36 ft high 1,775 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 18R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 600 ft, 5,141 ft available for landing
- Runway 36L: PAPI, four lights on the left, 5,101 ft available for landing, road 10 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 124.9 | Tulsa |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 134.05 | Tulsa |
| Ground | 121.9 | Tulsa |
| Tower Runway 18R/36L | 118.7 | Tulsa |
| Tower Runway 08/26, 18L/36R | 121.2 | Tulsa |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Vinta and star arriving from headings 355 to 174 | 119.1 | Tulsa |
| Final approach · Approach and departure arriving from headings 355 to 174; arriving from headings 356 to 174 | 119.85 | Tulsa |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Departure procedure (TULSA) arriving from headings 175 to 354 | 124.0 | Tulsa |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 175 to 355 | 134.7 | Riverside |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Tulsa |
| Tul and vot | 109.0 | |
| Tulsa and rco | 122.2 | Tulsa |
| Final approach arriving from headings 175 to 354 | 132.1 | Tulsa |
| Ang and operations | 141.175 | Tulsa |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 539-399-0187.
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Aircraft registered in Tulsa from the FAA register
548 aircraft are registered to owners in Tulsa, Oklahoma: 363 piston singles, 71 business jets, 39 piston twins, 36 turboprops, 14 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Oklahoma.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 29 since 1982, 5 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- BAK-14 BAK-12A(B) (1500 feet).
- BAK-14 BAK-12A(B) (1500 feet).
- BAK-14 BAK-12A(B) (1500 feet).
- BAK-14 BAK-12A(B) (1500 feet).
- Ireg wind pattern.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess left and right of runway centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess right and 9 degreess left of centerline.
- Ctn: 4000 feet blacktop track 1.5 NM east runway 26; do not mistake for runway.
- WT rstrd areas: taxiway JJ S-35; taxiway M2 S-81/D-140/DT-186; taxiway HH S-55/D-60; taxiway L north of runway 08/26 S-93/D-140/DT 209; taxiway L between taxiway C and taxiway L2 S-120/D-250/DT 372; taxiway L2 S-70/D-100/DT-166.
- Noise abatement all runways: climb to 3000 feet asap aft takeoff.
- Txls LA, LB, NN and QQ not vsb from the control tower.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.
