Tucson International in August 2024

84.9%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,428 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 84.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 9.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,281 departures with 84.3% leaving on time: a change of +0.6 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 78.1% of the time (1,430 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 82.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.6%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	84.9%	84.3%	82.2%	75.4%
Arrived on time	82.0%	85.1%	82.6%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.5%	1.0%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	12.6 min	14.0 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	43	54	20,634
Scheduled departures	1,428	1,281	19,536	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	652	46%	82.1%	5.2 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	338	24%	84.0%	0.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	241	17%	77.6%	21.5 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	66	5%	90.9%	-3.9 min	1.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	93.5%	-11.8 min	1.6%
UA United Airlines	38	3%	86.8%	4.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	2%	45.2%	35.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUS–PHX	Tucson to Phoenix	259	84.2%	2.6 min	0.8%
TUS–LAX	Tucson to Los Angeles	207	80.2%	7.6 min	0.0%
TUS–DFW	Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth	180	76.1%	27.8 min	0.6%
TUS–DEN	Tucson to Denver	164	85.4%	0.5 min	0.0%
TUS–LAS	Tucson to Las Vegas	102	74.5%	9.4 min	0.0%
TUS–SEA	Tucson to Seattle	93	64.5%	15.8 min	0.0%
TUS–SLC	Tucson to Salt Lake City	93	92.5%	-4.3 min	0.0%
TUS–ATL	Tucson to Atlanta	62	93.5%	-11.8 min	1.6%
TUS–SAN	Tucson to San Diego	57	91.2%	-9.1 min	0.0%
TUS–SFO	Tucson to San Francisco	57	73.7%	10.8 min	0.0%
TUS–IAH	Tucson to Houston	55	89.1%	-0.8 min	1.8%
TUS–ORD	Tucson to Chicago	45	82.2%	9.1 min	0.0%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.5%	33.8%	6,481
Late-arriving aircraft	43.3%	39.8%	8,123
National Aviation System	13.9%	20.4%	2,600
Extreme weather	8.4%	5.9%	1,568
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

18,772 delay minutes on 252 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 August 2024?

84.9% of 1,428 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 84.3% of 1,281 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 84.9% and 0.4% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.