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Airport month · February 2026
Tucson International in February 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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,646 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 1,755 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights down 6%.
Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 81.0% of the time (1,646 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 86.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2026 | Feb 2025 | TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.5% | 86.0% | 82.2% | 78.1% |
| Arrived on time | 86.3% | 85.9% | 82.6% | 78.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 2.3% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.5 min | 10.5 min | 14.0 min | 15.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 55 | 59 | 54 | 17,168 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,646 | 1,755 | 19,536 | 515,037 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 687 | 42% | 83.3% | 7.0 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 359 | 22% | 86.4% | 0.0 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 215 | 13% | 89.8% | -2.4 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 128 | 8% | 86.7% | 8.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 126 | 8% | 90.5% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 52 | 3% | 94.2% | -10.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 43 | 3% | 93.0% | -12.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 36 | 2% | 88.9% | -10.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUS–PHX | Tucson to Phoenix | 249 | 88.0% | 0.8 min | 0.4% |
| TUS–DEN | Tucson to Denver | 246 | 82.9% | 12.5 min | 0.8% |
| TUS–LAX | Tucson to Los Angeles | 196 | 79.1% | 13.0 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–DFW | Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth | 174 | 89.1% | -2.2 min | 0.6% |
| TUS–LAS | Tucson to Las Vegas | 111 | 89.2% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SLC | Tucson to Salt Lake City | 92 | 90.2% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ORD | Tucson to Chicago | 80 | 87.5% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SEA | Tucson to Seattle | 80 | 91.3% | -9.2 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SFO | Tucson to San Francisco | 75 | 72.0% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ATL | Tucson to Atlanta | 70 | 92.9% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SAN | Tucson to San Diego | 52 | 84.6% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–IAH | Tucson to Houston | 46 | 91.3% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUS on time in February 2026?
83.5% of 1,646 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2025, 86.0% of 1,755 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 0.2% in February 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 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.