Tucson International in March 2024

83.1%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,727 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 77.0% of the time (1,729 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 82.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	83.1%	—	82.2%	78.5%
Arrived on time	82.3%	—	82.6%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	1.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.5 min	—	14.0 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	58	—	54	19,726
Scheduled departures	1,727	—	19,536	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	568	33%	82.2%	4.0 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	389	23%	79.4%	3.1 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	283	16%	79.9%	10.5 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	151	9%	87.4%	1.2 min	2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	150	9%	90.7%	-3.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	130	8%	80.0%	0.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	56	3%	85.7%	-0.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUS–PHX	Tucson to Phoenix	289	82.4%	2.4 min	0.0%
TUS–DFW	Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth	217	79.3%	9.8 min	0.9%
TUS–LAX	Tucson to Los Angeles	216	83.8%	4.0 min	0.0%
TUS–DEN	Tucson to Denver	210	82.9%	-1.1 min	2.4%
TUS–LAS	Tucson to Las Vegas	113	71.7%	15.3 min	0.9%
TUS–ORD	Tucson to Chicago	106	82.1%	7.8 min	1.9%
TUS–SLC	Tucson to Salt Lake City	93	94.6%	-6.1 min	0.0%
TUS–ATL	Tucson to Atlanta	88	94.3%	-6.3 min	0.0%
TUS–SEA	Tucson to Seattle	87	88.5%	-4.7 min	0.0%
TUS–SFO	Tucson to San Francisco	67	46.3%	30.7 min	1.5%
TUS–SAN	Tucson to San Diego	57	80.7%	3.1 min	0.0%
TUS–IAH	Tucson to Houston	50	94.0%	-3.4 min	2.0%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.9%	32.1%	6,593
Late-arriving aircraft	33.9%	42.1%	6,212
National Aviation System	23.6%	21.4%	4,330
Extreme weather	6.6%	4.2%	1,210
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

18,345 delay minutes on 291 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 March 2024?

83.1% of 1,727 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.