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Airport month · May 2024
Tucson International in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,639 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 71.6% of the time (1,639 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 28%.
- On time 75.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.1%
- Cancelled 1.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.3% | — | 82.2% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 75.0% | — | 82.6% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | — | 1.0% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.3 min | — | 14.0 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 55 | — | 54 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,639 | — | 19,536 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 693 | 42% | 79.5% | 7.7 min | 0.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 380 | 23% | 73.7% | 11.4 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 278 | 17% | 63.3% | 26.8 min | 6.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 93 | 6% | 77.4% | 0.9 min | 1.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 90 | 5% | 75.6% | 34.6 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 58 | 4% | 84.5% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 47 | 3% | 72.3% | 8.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUS–PHX | Tucson to Phoenix | 307 | 85.0% | 5.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–DEN | Tucson to Denver | 234 | 77.8% | 8.8 min | 0.4% |
| TUS–LAX | Tucson to Los Angeles | 217 | 73.7% | 12.6 min | 0.5% |
| TUS–DFW | Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth | 187 | 60.4% | 33.8 min | 9.6% |
| TUS–LAS | Tucson to Las Vegas | 111 | 76.6% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SEA | Tucson to Seattle | 94 | 72.3% | 9.0 min | 1.1% |
| TUS–SLC | Tucson to Salt Lake City | 91 | 90.1% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ORD | Tucson to Chicago | 83 | 63.9% | 18.2 min | 2.4% |
| TUS–SFO | Tucson to San Francisco | 80 | 53.8% | 27.4 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ATL | Tucson to Atlanta | 62 | 77.4% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SAN | Tucson to San Diego | 58 | 69.0% | 14.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–IAH | Tucson to Houston | 53 | 75.5% | 43.1 min | 5.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUS on time in May 2024?
76.3% of 1,639 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.