Tucson International in October 2025

82.2%departed on time

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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,598 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.5% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,718 departures with 89.2% leaving on time: a change of −7.0 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 79.0% of the time (1,600 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 84.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.1%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from TUS in October 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	82.2%	89.2%	82.2%	80.0%
Arrived on time	84.5%	88.6%	82.6%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.0%	1.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	9.6 min	14.0 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	53	57	54	20,195
Scheduled departures	1,598	1,718	19,536	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	546	34%	88.5%	-2.5 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	415	26%	84.8%	0.4 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	205	13%	77.6%	15.4 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	193	12%	79.3%	6.9 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	102	6%	82.4%	5.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	91.9%	9.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	48	3%	83.3%	7.4 min	2.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	27	2%	81.5%	6.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUS–DEN	Tucson to Denver	256	86.3%	-1.1 min	0.4%
TUS–PHX	Tucson to Phoenix	232	82.3%	6.5 min	0.0%
TUS–LAX	Tucson to Los Angeles	212	84.4%	2.1 min	0.0%
TUS–DFW	Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth	173	78.6%	8.8 min	1.2%
TUS–LAS	Tucson to Las Vegas	124	87.1%	1.7 min	0.0%
TUS–SLC	Tucson to Salt Lake City	92	96.7%	-15.0 min	0.0%
TUS–SEA	Tucson to Seattle	82	87.8%	1.0 min	1.2%
TUS–SFO	Tucson to San Francisco	73	74.0%	13.1 min	1.4%
TUS–ORD	Tucson to Chicago	68	72.1%	31.8 min	0.0%
TUS–ATL	Tucson to Atlanta	62	91.9%	9.2 min	0.0%
TUS–SAN	Tucson to San Diego	56	71.4%	10.2 min	0.0%
TUS–PDX	Tucson to Portland	50	90.0%	-6.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	39.4%	34.0%	7,529
Late-arriving aircraft	34.1%	39.7%	6,517
National Aviation System	17.9%	22.9%	3,430
Extreme weather	8.3%	3.3%	1,584
Security	0.3%	0.1%	64

19,124 delay minutes on 241 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left TUS on time in October 2025?

82.2% of 1,598 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 89.2% of 1,718 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 0.3% in October 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.