Tucson International in March 2026

82.3%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,923 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 9.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 2,051 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.7 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 81.0% of the time (1,924 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 82.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from TUS in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	82.3%	86.0%	82.2%	72.8%
Arrived on time	82.3%	84.9%	82.6%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.5%	1.0%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.7 min	10.7 min	14.0 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	64	68	54	20,403
Scheduled departures	1,923	2,051	19,536	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	791	41%	85.2%	4.1 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	452	24%	77.7%	4.9 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	217	11%	79.7%	13.6 min	1.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	152	8%	80.3%	13.8 min	5.9%
UA United Airlines	148	8%	84.5%	9.1 min	2.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	3%	88.7%	-4.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	60	3%	81.7%	-4.4 min	5.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	41	2%	82.9%	-4.2 min	2.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUS–PHX	Tucson to Phoenix	360	83.1%	3.7 min	0.3%
TUS–DEN	Tucson to Denver	275	79.6%	13.4 min	0.0%
TUS–LAX	Tucson to Los Angeles	229	88.2%	0.0 min	0.0%
TUS–DFW	Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth	193	80.8%	10.2 min	2.1%
TUS–LAS	Tucson to Las Vegas	127	78.7%	0.4 min	0.8%
TUS–SLC	Tucson to Salt Lake City	103	93.2%	-7.6 min	1.0%
TUS–ORD	Tucson to Chicago	93	73.1%	19.5 min	2.2%
TUS–SEA	Tucson to Seattle	91	82.4%	0.1 min	5.5%
TUS–ATL	Tucson to Atlanta	90	78.9%	12.0 min	6.7%
TUS–SFO	Tucson to San Francisco	80	85.0%	8.8 min	0.0%
TUS–SAN	Tucson to San Diego	58	74.1%	2.2 min	0.0%
TUS–PDX	Tucson to Portland	55	90.9%	-5.7 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	43.1%	33.5%	11,765
Late-arriving aircraft	38.5%	39.3%	10,507
National Aviation System	13.9%	21.0%	3,806
Extreme weather	4.3%	5.9%	1,185
Security	0.1%	0.2%	36

27,299 delay minutes on 311 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 March 2026?

82.3% of 1,923 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 86.0% of 2,051 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 82.3% and 1.3% in March 2026.

Provenance

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