Tucson International in November 2023

88.0%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,454 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 88.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 86.7% of the time (1,453 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 88.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from TUS in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	88.0%	—	82.2%	86.0%
Arrived on time	88.4%	—	82.6%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.0%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	—	14.0 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	—	54	18,793
Scheduled departures	1,454	—	19,536	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	562	39%	91.1%	-2.7 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	348	24%	83.9%	1.8 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	277	19%	88.4%	5.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	119	8%	90.8%	1.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	89	6%	87.6%	10.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	2%	86.7%	-4.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	29	2%	82.8%	27.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUS–PHX	Tucson to Phoenix	244	86.5%	8.9 min	0.0%
TUS–LAX	Tucson to Los Angeles	209	90.9%	-2.9 min	0.0%
TUS–DEN	Tucson to Denver	183	90.7%	-4.2 min	0.0%
TUS–DFW	Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth	173	89.0%	8.1 min	0.0%
TUS–LAS	Tucson to Las Vegas	115	73.9%	7.0 min	0.0%
TUS–SEA	Tucson to Seattle	89	82.0%	8.9 min	0.0%
TUS–SLC	Tucson to Salt Lake City	89	96.6%	-8.9 min	0.0%
TUS–ORD	Tucson to Chicago	74	91.9%	-4.3 min	0.0%
TUS–IAH	Tucson to Houston	60	95.0%	3.0 min	0.0%
TUS–ATL	Tucson to Atlanta	59	93.2%	-2.7 min	0.0%
TUS–SFO	Tucson to San Francisco	59	84.7%	-1.1 min	0.0%
TUS–SAN	Tucson to San Diego	56	91.1%	-4.2 min	1.8%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	55.8%	42.5%	7,496
Late-arriving aircraft	32.9%	37.3%	4,418
National Aviation System	10.1%	16.2%	1,362
Extreme weather	1.1%	3.7%	151
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

13,427 delay minutes on 166 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left TUS on time in November 2023?

88.0% of 1,454 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for TUS · methodology · corrections.