Tucson International in December 2023

88.1%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,592 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 88.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 86.3% of the time (1,593 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 88.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	88.1%	—	82.2%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.4%	—	82.6%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.9 min	—	14.0 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	53	—	54	19,013
Scheduled departures	1,592	—	19,536	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	637	40%	89.5%	-3.7 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	368	23%	87.5%	0.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	299	19%	86.0%	3.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	124	8%	90.3%	-3.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	122	8%	91.0%	-0.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	2%	77.4%	1.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	11	1%	100.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUS–PHX	Tucson to Phoenix	265	87.9%	0.3 min	0.0%
TUS–DEN	Tucson to Denver	205	91.2%	-3.7 min	0.0%
TUS–LAX	Tucson to Los Angeles	195	88.2%	-4.8 min	0.0%
TUS–DFW	Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth	182	85.2%	6.1 min	0.0%
TUS–LAS	Tucson to Las Vegas	119	83.2%	3.8 min	0.0%
TUS–SLC	Tucson to Salt Lake City	103	97.1%	-11.1 min	0.0%
TUS–SEA	Tucson to Seattle	93	82.8%	5.5 min	1.1%
TUS–ORD	Tucson to Chicago	78	88.5%	2.0 min	0.0%
TUS–SFO	Tucson to San Francisco	71	77.5%	12.0 min	0.0%
TUS–ATL	Tucson to Atlanta	70	90.0%	-7.6 min	0.0%
TUS–IAH	Tucson to Houston	63	93.7%	-7.5 min	0.0%
TUS–SAN	Tucson to San Diego	59	96.6%	-6.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.4%	37.1%	3,708
Late-arriving aircraft	38.3%	38.8%	4,253
National Aviation System	21.4%	17.6%	2,379
Extreme weather	6.9%	6.2%	769
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

11,109 delay minutes on 180 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 December 2023?

88.1% of 1,592 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.