Tucson International in September 2024

89.2%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,534 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 89.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.5% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,332 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of +2.1 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 83.6% of the time (1,538 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 89.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.5%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	89.2%	87.1%	82.2%	84.4%
Arrived on time	89.5%	87.5%	82.6%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.1%	1.0%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	10.5 min	14.0 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	51	44	54	19,421
Scheduled departures	1,534	1,332	19,536	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	617	40%	91.1%	-0.7 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	329	21%	87.8%	-3.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	317	21%	88.0%	-4.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	94	6%	96.8%	-6.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	87	6%	90.8%	-5.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	4%	86.7%	0.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	2%	70.0%	10.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUS–PHX	Tucson to Phoenix	270	91.5%	-3.3 min	0.0%
TUS–DFW	Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth	206	87.4%	-3.6 min	0.0%
TUS–LAX	Tucson to Los Angeles	205	95.1%	-7.7 min	0.0%
TUS–DEN	Tucson to Denver	185	95.1%	-7.8 min	0.0%
TUS–ORD	Tucson to Chicago	115	91.3%	-5.9 min	0.0%
TUS–LAS	Tucson to Las Vegas	99	77.8%	4.2 min	0.0%
TUS–SEA	Tucson to Seattle	90	80.0%	6.6 min	0.0%
TUS–SLC	Tucson to Salt Lake City	90	94.4%	-7.5 min	0.0%
TUS–ATL	Tucson to Atlanta	60	86.7%	0.7 min	0.0%
TUS–SFO	Tucson to San Francisco	60	73.3%	35.6 min	0.0%
TUS–SAN	Tucson to San Diego	55	87.3%	-2.9 min	0.0%
TUS–IAH	Tucson to Houston	48	87.5%	-1.2 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	50.3%	38.6%	5,663
Late-arriving aircraft	31.6%	38.4%	3,554
National Aviation System	13.6%	18.2%	1,525
Extreme weather	4.5%	4.8%	507
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,249 delay minutes on 161 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 September 2024?

89.2% of 1,534 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 87.1% of 1,332 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 89.2% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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