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Airport month · February 2025
Tucson International in February 2025
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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,755 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 6.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 1,471 departures with 84.1% leaving on time: a change of +1.9 points, with flights up 19%.
Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 80.9% of the time (1,755 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 85.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.6%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.1%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.0% | 84.1% | 82.2% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 85.9% | 82.2% | 82.6% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.5 min | 12.7 min | 14.0 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 59 | 49 | 54 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,755 | 1,471 | 19,536 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 765 | 44% | 84.3% | 1.8 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 361 | 21% | 87.8% | -3.0 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 266 | 15% | 87.6% | -0.3 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 140 | 8% | 85.0% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 126 | 7% | 88.1% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 52 | 3% | 80.8% | 3.3 min | 1.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 45 | 3% | 91.1% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUS–PHX | Tucson to Phoenix | 269 | 85.9% | 3.7 min | 0.4% |
| TUS–DEN | Tucson to Denver | 237 | 88.2% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–LAX | Tucson to Los Angeles | 216 | 81.5% | 9.1 min | 0.5% |
| TUS–DFW | Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth | 196 | 87.8% | 0.3 min | 1.0% |
| TUS–ORD | Tucson to Chicago | 106 | 87.7% | -9.3 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–LAS | Tucson to Las Vegas | 99 | 81.8% | 1.3 min | 1.0% |
| TUS–SFO | Tucson to San Francisco | 85 | 83.5% | 9.6 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SLC | Tucson to Salt Lake City | 84 | 97.6% | -16.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SEA | Tucson to Seattle | 80 | 82.5% | 3.3 min | 1.3% |
| TUS–ATL | Tucson to Atlanta | 70 | 90.0% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–IAH | Tucson to Houston | 56 | 82.1% | 5.4 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–PDX | Tucson to Portland | 44 | 90.9% | -8.4 min | 2.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUS on time in February 2025?
86.0% of 1,755 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 84.1% of 1,471 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 86.0% and 0.4% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.