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Airport month · December 2024
Tucson International in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,874 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 84.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,592 departures with 88.1% leaving on time: a change of −4.1 points, with flights up 18%.
Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 80.9% of the time (1,873 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 83.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.0%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.0% | 88.1% | 82.2% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 83.2% | 88.4% | 82.6% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.4 min | 7.9 min | 14.0 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 63 | 53 | 54 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,874 | 1,592 | 19,536 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 858 | 46% | 83.1% | 5.9 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 407 | 22% | 85.7% | 0.5 min | 0.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 276 | 15% | 72.8% | 22.2 min | 2.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 135 | 7% | 89.6% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 109 | 6% | 89.9% | 5.1 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 54 | 3% | 90.7% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 35 | 2% | 82.9% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUS–PHX | Tucson to Phoenix | 301 | 84.4% | 6.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–DEN | Tucson to Denver | 263 | 91.3% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–LAX | Tucson to Los Angeles | 240 | 79.6% | 9.5 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–DFW | Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth | 214 | 70.6% | 20.6 min | 3.7% |
| TUS–LAS | Tucson to Las Vegas | 119 | 89.9% | -6.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ORD | Tucson to Chicago | 119 | 82.4% | 13.1 min | 0.8% |
| TUS–SFO | Tucson to San Francisco | 93 | 68.8% | 25.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SLC | Tucson to Salt Lake City | 90 | 90.0% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SEA | Tucson to Seattle | 85 | 87.1% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ATL | Tucson to Atlanta | 71 | 95.8% | -10.6 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–PDX | Tucson to Portland | 54 | 88.9% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SAN | Tucson to San Diego | 44 | 79.5% | 9.9 min | 2.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUS on time in December 2024?
84.0% of 1,874 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 88.1% of 1,592 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 84.0% and 0.6% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.