Tucson, AZ · Airport profile
TUS
Tucson International Airport
TUS right now
Current operating conditions, from live sources only.
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Airport reliability
Best time to fly from TUS
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time.
Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 90.9% of the time, against 75.4% for 6–9 PM departures — a gap of 15.5 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
What to expect at TUS
How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.
Scheduled departures by hour
The busiest hour is 6 AM, with about 6 departures a day, against roughly 0 at 9 PM. Counterintuitively, that peak is also more punctual than a typical hour here — early banks fly aircraft that have been on the ground overnight rather than ones inheriting the day’s delays.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Taxi-out is the time between leaving the gate and lifting off, averaged across departures and weighted by hour.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 4.1 percentage points.
By month
June is historically the weakest month and September the strongest, a spread of 7.8 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Airlines at TUS
Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.
| Carrier | Departures | On time | Cancelled | Median delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines OO | 24,269 | 85.5% | 0.34% | -9 min |
| Southwest Airlines WN | 13,347 | 82.5% | 0.45% | -7 min |
| American Airlines AA | 9,570 | 81.0% | 2.12% | -7 min |
| Delta Air Lines DL | 3,519 | 90.0% | 1.25% | -13 min |
| United Airlines UA | 3,395 | 86.9% | 0.85% | -9 min |
| Envoy Air MQ | 1,858 | 87.0% | 0.65% | -8 min |
| Alaska Airlines AS | 1,622 | 82.6% | 0.55% | -3 min |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.
Routes from TUS
Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.
Most reliable
Busiest routes
| Destination | Flights | On time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| TUS → PHX Phoenix | 9,826 | 85.1% | 78 |
| TUS → DEN Denver | 7,822 | 83.2% | 76 |
| TUS → LAX Los Angeles | 7,694 | 85.2% | 81 |
| TUS → DFW Dallas–Fort Worth | 6,746 | 80.7% | 56 |
| TUS → LAS Las Vegas | 3,900 | 82.3% | 79 |
| TUS → SLC Salt Lake City | 3,297 | 94.3% | 90 |
| TUS → SEA Seattle | 3,186 | 83.6% | 81 |
| TUS → ORD Chicago | 3,015 | 82.4% | 69 |
| TUS → SFO San Francisco | 2,747 | 74.5% | 58 |
| TUS → ATL Atlanta | 2,401 | 91.8% | 82 |
| TUS → SAN San Diego | 1,904 | 80.5% | 75 |
| TUS → IAH Houston | 1,327 | 89.0% | 78 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Only routes with at least 750 flights are ranked.
Reliability over time
On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Data and sources
Historical statistics
Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – June 2026, comprising 57,894 departures from TUS. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.
Live conditions
Aviation weather comes from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center. Operational events come from the FAA where available. FlyerIntel shows the age of every live value and does not display data it cannot currently retrieve.