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Airport month · January 2026
Tucson International in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,738 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.9% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 7.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,866 departures with 86.7% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights down 7%.
Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 76.9% of the time (1,739 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 83.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.6%
- Cancelled 2.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.3% | 86.7% | 82.2% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 83.9% | 87.9% | 82.6% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.2 min | 8.0 min | 14.0 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 58 | 62 | 54 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,738 | 1,866 | 19,536 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 718 | 41% | 86.1% | 0.4 min | 0.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 367 | 21% | 87.2% | -5.9 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 271 | 16% | 73.4% | 9.4 min | 9.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 136 | 8% | 83.1% | 2.0 min | 3.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 115 | 7% | 88.7% | -3.9 min | 1.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 63 | 4% | 87.3% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 42 | 2% | 76.2% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 26 | 1% | 76.9% | -3.8 min | 3.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUS–PHX | Tucson to Phoenix | 278 | 82.4% | 5.0 min | 0.7% |
| TUS–DEN | Tucson to Denver | 254 | 89.8% | -4.2 min | 0.4% |
| TUS–LAX | Tucson to Los Angeles | 203 | 87.2% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–DFW | Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth | 192 | 71.4% | 8.8 min | 12.0% |
| TUS–LAS | Tucson to Las Vegas | 112 | 91.1% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SLC | Tucson to Salt Lake City | 95 | 91.6% | -8.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SEA | Tucson to Seattle | 89 | 83.1% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ORD | Tucson to Chicago | 84 | 78.6% | 10.4 min | 1.2% |
| TUS–SFO | Tucson to San Francisco | 81 | 74.1% | 6.0 min | 2.5% |
| TUS–ATL | Tucson to Atlanta | 78 | 91.0% | -9.7 min | 3.8% |
| TUS–SAN | Tucson to San Diego | 56 | 82.1% | -6.1 min | 3.6% |
| TUS–PDX | Tucson to Portland | 50 | 94.0% | -8.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUS on time in January 2026?
83.3% of 1,738 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 86.7% of 1,866 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 2.2% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.