Tucson International in February 2024

84.1%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,471 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 84.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so TUS departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 80.6% of the time (1,471 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from TUS in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	84.1%	—	82.2%	84.0%
Arrived on time	82.2%	—	82.6%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.0%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.7 min	—	14.0 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	—	54	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,471	—	19,536	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	584	40%	78.4%	10.4 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	336	23%	79.5%	4.6 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	265	18%	86.4%	-0.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	120	8%	94.2%	-9.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	87	6%	82.8%	6.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	46	3%	89.1%	-0.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	33	2%	87.9%	-7.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUS–PHX	Tucson to Phoenix	241	88.0%	-2.1 min	0.0%
TUS–DEN	Tucson to Denver	202	77.7%	13.1 min	0.0%
TUS–LAX	Tucson to Los Angeles	195	69.2%	10.9 min	0.0%
TUS–DFW	Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth	174	87.4%	0.6 min	0.0%
TUS–LAS	Tucson to Las Vegas	113	73.5%	10.7 min	0.9%
TUS–SLC	Tucson to Salt Lake City	87	94.3%	-8.6 min	0.0%
TUS–ORD	Tucson to Chicago	79	88.6%	-5.1 min	0.0%
TUS–SFO	Tucson to San Francisco	78	46.2%	52.2 min	5.1%
TUS–SEA	Tucson to Seattle	75	93.3%	-7.6 min	0.0%
TUS–ATL	Tucson to Atlanta	66	95.5%	-9.8 min	0.0%
TUS–SAN	Tucson to San Diego	33	87.9%	-2.2 min	0.0%
TUS–HOU	Tucson to Houston	29	100.0%	-10.4 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.0%	35.9%	4,631
Late-arriving aircraft	39.3%	36.9%	7,013
National Aviation System	19.5%	21.7%	3,478
Extreme weather	15.0%	5.3%	2,673
Security	0.2%	0.3%	39

17,834 delay minutes on 256 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 February 2024?

84.1% of 1,471 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.