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Airport month · September 2025
Tucson International in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,371 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,534 departures with 89.2% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights down 11%.
Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 80.0% of the time (1,373 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 83.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.0%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.2% | 89.2% | 82.2% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 83.7% | 89.5% | 82.6% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.2 min | 8.2 min | 14.0 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 46 | 51 | 54 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,371 | 1,534 | 19,536 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 550 | 40% | 86.7% | -1.4 min | 0.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 321 | 23% | 82.6% | 4.6 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 216 | 16% | 72.7% | 18.7 min | 3.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 129 | 9% | 79.1% | 3.7 min | 1.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 60 | 4% | 98.3% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 41 | 3% | 90.2% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 30 | 2% | 100.0% | -12.8 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 24 | 2% | 83.3% | 41.8 min | 4.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUS–PHX | Tucson to Phoenix | 217 | 83.9% | 4.9 min | 0.9% |
| TUS–LAX | Tucson to Los Angeles | 196 | 86.7% | -3.0 min | 0.5% |
| TUS–DEN | Tucson to Denver | 193 | 81.3% | 4.0 min | 1.0% |
| TUS–DFW | Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth | 178 | 74.7% | 13.7 min | 4.5% |
| TUS–LAS | Tucson to Las Vegas | 111 | 77.5% | 15.4 min | 1.8% |
| TUS–SEA | Tucson to Seattle | 90 | 91.1% | -4.6 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SLC | Tucson to Salt Lake City | 90 | 93.3% | -8.3 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ATL | Tucson to Atlanta | 60 | 98.3% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ORD | Tucson to Chicago | 60 | 68.3% | 31.7 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SFO | Tucson to San Francisco | 60 | 88.3% | -4.8 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SAN | Tucson to San Diego | 47 | 78.7% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–HOU | Tucson to Houston | 30 | 90.0% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUS on time in September 2025?
84.2% of 1,371 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 89.2% of 1,534 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 84.2% and 1.1% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.