Tucson International Airport (TUS) delays & on-time performance
Tucson, Arizona · 19 nonstop destinations · 8 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at TUS right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
84%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.0%
190 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
78 min when late
Departed on time
83%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 19,536 departures from TUS; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into TUS were on time 79% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Tucson International Airport (TUS) arrived on time 84% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (91% on time); American Airlines was the least (80%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (95% on time); around 7pm did worst (66%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (36%).
Most delayed routes from TUS
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco69%945 flts
- SAN · San Diego76%654 flts
- ORD · Chicago77%1,040 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth80%2,189 flts
- DEN · Denver83%2,740 flts
- PHX · Phoenix83%3,465 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas85%1,336 flts
- SEA · Seattle86%1,065 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles86%2,589 flts
- ATL · Atlanta92%809 flts
Most reliable routes from TUS
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- PDX · Portland93%365 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City93%1,112 flts
- ATL · Atlanta92%809 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles86%2,589 flts
- SEA · Seattle86%1,065 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas85%1,336 flts
- PHX · Phoenix83%3,465 flts
- DEN · Denver83%2,740 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth80%2,189 flts
- ORD · Chicago77%1,040 flts
Best airline at TUS
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 91% | 2.1% | 12 min | 3 | 1,120 |
| Envoy Air | 87% | 0.6% | 11 min | 3 | 630 |
| Alaska Airlines | 86% | 0.8% | 8 min | 2 | 603 |
| United Airlines | 85% | 0.7% | 12 min | 4 | 1,202 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 84% | 0.5% | 14 min | 10 | 8,214 |
| Southwest Airlines | 82% | 0.4% | 11 min | 9 | 4,590 |
| American Airlines | 80% | 2.9% | 21 min | 3 | 2,936 |
| Frontier Airlines | 80% | 2.1% | 16 min | 4 | 241 |
Best time to fly out of TUS
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am95%990 flts
- 6am93%2,330 flts
- 7am91%2,216 flts
- 8am84%970 flts
- 9am83%1,175 flts
- 10am85%1,110 flts
- 11am86%1,496 flts
- 12pm81%1,849 flts
- 1pm81%1,573 flts
- 2pm80%1,019 flts
- 3pm69%897 flts
- 4pm78%1,205 flts
- 5pm80%1,253 flts
- 6pm75%660 flts
- 7pm66%458 flts
- 8pm68%284 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)36%
- Late-arriving aircraft35%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Extreme weather7%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.