Tulsa International Airport

Tulsa International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	KTUL
IATA code	TUL
Coordinates	36 ° 11 '54 "  N , 95 ° 53' 17"  W Coordinates: 36 ° 11 '54 "  N , 95 ° 53' 17"  W.
Height above MSL	206 m (676  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	10 km northeast of Tulsa
Street	OK 11
Local transport	bus
Basic data
operator	Tulsa Airport Authority
surface	1782 ha
Terminals	2
Passengers	2,885,327 (2017)
Air freight	53,176 t (2017)
Flight movements	108,503 (2017)
Runways
08/26	2248 m × 46 m concrete
18R / 36L	1860 m × 46 m asphalt
18L / 36R	3048 m × 61 m concrete

The Tulsa International Airport ( IATA code : TUL , ICAO code : KTUL ) is the commercial airport of the American metropolis Tulsa in the US state of Oklahoma .

Aircraft graveyard

Since around 2010, Tulsa Airport has also served as an aircraft graveyard , where aircraft are parked during temporary shutdowns, or cannibalized and recycled. So there were z. B. 5 Boeing 747 and numerous Boeing 737-300 and 737-500 from Lufthansa and at least 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-11F from Lufthansa Cargo scrapped.

Airlines and Destinations

The airport is the national maintenance headquarters for American Airlines and was also a key testing and manufacturing facility for McDonnell Douglas . This is the headquarters of Lufthansa Technik Component Services LLC ( LTCS ), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik AG, which offers services for aircraft components. It is also the headquarters of Omni Air International .

Traffic figures

Source: Tulsa Airport Authority, Tulsa International Airport, Airports Council International

Tulsa International Airport traffic figures 2001-2017

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail)	Flight movements
2017	2,885,327	53,176	108.503
2016	2,810,537	48,636	105.024
2015	2,816,967	54,301	90,526
2014	2,840,324	53,186	94,983
2013	2,733,510	52,751	95,295
2012	2,740,338	51,140	99,720
2011	2,794,751	50,569	106,554
2010	2,846,588	49,600	111,466
2009	2,888,858	53.501	116,580
2008	3,261,560	53,827	127,757
2007	3,300,422	54,525	133,739
2006	3,252,471	51,514	134,550
2005	3,236,399	49,796	150.195
2004	3,056,783	-	-
2003	2,864,339	-	-
2002	3,025,482	-	-
2001	3,353,307	-	-

1. ↑ As of 2017
2. ↑ Passenger numbers and air freight from 2017

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Tulsa (2017)

rank	city	Passengers	airline
01	Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas	291,440	American
02	Denver , Colorado	162,300	Frontier , Southwest , United
03	Atlanta , Georgia	137.240	delta
04th	Dallas – Love , Texas	118,520	Southwest
05	Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois	108,590	American, United
06th	Houston-Bush , Texas	105.030	United
07th	Houston – Hobby , Texas	093,960	Southwest
08th	St. Louis , Missouri	063,430	Southwest
09	Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona	060,300	Southwest
10	Las Vegas , Nevada	054,980	Allegiant , Southwest

Incidents

• On February 27, 1951, a Convair CV-240-2 operated by Mid-Continent Airlines (N90664) had a failure of the left propeller after taking off from Tulsa Airport. By retracting the landing flaps prematurely, the plane sank again, collided with trees and slid along the ground. All 34 inmates survived. The plane burned out completely.

Web links

Commons : Tulsa International Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official site (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ TUL Master Plan. TulsaAirports.com, accessed September 14, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} North America Airport Rankings. (No longer available online.) ACI-NA.org , archived from the original on September 6, 2018 ; accessed on September 14, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Air Service Stats. TulsaAirports.com, accessed September 14, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Lufthansa Technik Component Services (LTCS)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Air Service Stats. TulsaAirports.com, accessed September 14, 2018 . 
6. ^ Tulsa, OK: Tulsa International (TUL). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed September 14, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Nonstop Destinations. TulsaAirports.com, accessed September 14, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Accident Report CV-240 N90664 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 15 January 2018th