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Airport month · August 2025
Tucson International in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,401 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 84.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 7.3 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,428 departures with 84.9% leaving on time: a change of −0.8 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 78.9% of the time (1,400 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 82.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.5%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.1% | 84.9% | 82.2% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 82.6% | 82.0% | 82.6% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.4 min | 13.1 min | 14.0 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 47 | 48 | 54 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,401 | 1,428 | 19,536 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 651 | 46% | 84.6% | 4.7 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 329 | 23% | 83.6% | 1.9 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 201 | 14% | 68.7% | 29.8 min | 4.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 84 | 6% | 89.3% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 4% | 93.5% | -14.4 min | 3.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 2% | 87.1% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 25 | 2% | 80.0% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 18 | 1% | 72.2% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUS–PHX | Tucson to Phoenix | 241 | 83.8% | 5.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–LAX | Tucson to Los Angeles | 206 | 84.5% | 8.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–DEN | Tucson to Denver | 191 | 72.3% | 11.4 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–DFW | Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth | 155 | 69.7% | 35.6 min | 5.2% |
| TUS–LAS | Tucson to Las Vegas | 108 | 86.1% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SEA | Tucson to Seattle | 93 | 89.2% | -2.8 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SLC | Tucson to Salt Lake City | 93 | 97.8% | -13.3 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SFO | Tucson to San Francisco | 75 | 94.7% | 1.0 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ORD | Tucson to Chicago | 67 | 65.7% | 11.9 min | 1.5% |
| TUS–ATL | Tucson to Atlanta | 62 | 93.5% | -14.4 min | 3.2% |
| TUS–SAN | Tucson to San Diego | 48 | 83.3% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–HOU | Tucson to Houston | 30 | 83.3% | -5.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUS on time in August 2025?
84.1% of 1,401 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 84.9% of 1,428 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 84.1% and 0.9% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.