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Airport month · October 2024
Tucson International in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,718 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 89.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,463 departures with 84.6% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights up 17%.
Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 85.5% of the time (1,717 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 88.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
- Cancelled 0.0%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 89.2% | 84.6% | 82.2% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 88.6% | 84.7% | 82.6% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.6 min | 10.4 min | 14.0 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 57 | 49 | 54 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,718 | 1,463 | 19,536 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 705 | 41% | 88.5% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 386 | 22% | 87.6% | 0.6 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 347 | 20% | 87.3% | 12.8 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 128 | 7% | 93.0% | -8.4 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 4% | 100.0% | -12.9 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 47 | 3% | 80.9% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 43 | 3% | 90.7% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUS–PHX | Tucson to Phoenix | 298 | 87.6% | 3.5 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–DEN | Tucson to Denver | 237 | 91.6% | -3.8 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–LAX | Tucson to Los Angeles | 216 | 83.8% | 6.3 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–DFW | Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth | 215 | 86.5% | 8.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ORD | Tucson to Chicago | 109 | 93.6% | 12.4 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–LAS | Tucson to Las Vegas | 105 | 88.6% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SLC | Tucson to Salt Lake City | 92 | 93.5% | -12.0 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SEA | Tucson to Seattle | 78 | 85.9% | 0.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SFO | Tucson to San Francisco | 68 | 91.2% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ATL | Tucson to Atlanta | 62 | 100.0% | -12.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–IAH | Tucson to Houston | 52 | 94.2% | -10.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SAN | Tucson to San Diego | 49 | 61.2% | 17.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUS on time in October 2024?
89.2% of 1,718 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 84.6% of 1,463 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 89.2% and 0.0% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.