On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2025

Tucson International in November 2025

83.3%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,753 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 1,736 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −4.3 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 80.6% of the time (1,756 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 34%, air carrier 34% and late-arriving aircraft 30%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2025Nov 2024TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time83.3%87.6%82.2%78.1%
Arrived on time82.3%87.0%82.6%77.3%
Cancelled2.5%1.0%1.0%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)12.9 min8.3 min14.0 min15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day58585419,018
Scheduled departures1,7531,73619,536570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines71141%83.8%-0.5 min2.7%
WN Southwest Airlines40323%83.1%1.7 min2.0%
AA American Airlines31518%76.2%6.2 min2.5%
UA United Airlines885%90.9%-3.8 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines805%83.8%-0.7 min1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines805%85.0%11.3 min3.8%
MQ Envoy Air463%73.9%12.8 min6.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines302%76.7%3.8 min6.7%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
TUS–DENTucson to Denver26487.9%-2.9 min3.0%
TUS–PHXTucson to Phoenix26175.1%9.8 min4.2%
TUS–DFWTucson to Dallas/Fort Worth22476.3%9.6 min2.7%
TUS–LAXTucson to Los Angeles22284.2%-6.5 min3.6%
TUS–LASTucson to Las Vegas12788.2%-1.1 min0.0%
TUS–SFOTucson to San Francisco11986.6%3.1 min0.0%
TUS–ORDTucson to Chicago9070.0%12.2 min3.3%
TUS–SEATucson to Seattle8980.9%-0.7 min1.1%
TUS–SLCTucson to Salt Lake City8886.4%-12.2 min2.3%
TUS–ATLTucson to Atlanta6085.0%16.7 min1.7%
TUS–SANTucson to San Diego5479.6%2.9 min1.9%
TUS–PDXTucson to Portland51100.0%-16.2 min0.0%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2025Minutes
Air carrier33.7%30.2%7,168
Late-arriving aircraft29.9%38.3%6,374
National Aviation System34.1%26.7%7,265
Extreme weather2.1%4.6%444
Security0.2%0.1%43
21,294 delay minutes on 263 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left TUS on time in November 2025?

83.3% of 1,753 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 87.6% of 1,736 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 2.5% in November 2025.

Provenance

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