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Airport month · May 2026
Tucson International in May 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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,691 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 3.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 1,752 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.6 points, with flights down 3%.
Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 76.9% of the time (1,687 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 26%.
- On time 79.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.5%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.2% | 82.8% | 82.2% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 79.4% | 81.9% | 82.6% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.3 min | 12.9 min | 14.0 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 56 | 58 | 54 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,691 | 1,752 | 19,536 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 801 | 47% | 81.8% | 2.6 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 434 | 26% | 74.4% | 7.4 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 255 | 15% | 74.1% | 22.1 min | 2.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 74 | 4% | 90.5% | -10.5 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 63 | 4% | 84.1% | -2.0 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 43 | 3% | 88.4% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 21 | 1% | 85.7% | 20.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUS–PHX | Tucson to Phoenix | 341 | 84.5% | 2.9 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–LAX | Tucson to Los Angeles | 234 | 82.1% | 5.0 min | 0.4% |
| TUS–DEN | Tucson to Denver | 233 | 82.0% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–DFW | Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth | 186 | 72.6% | 24.9 min | 3.2% |
| TUS–ORD | Tucson to Chicago | 113 | 76.1% | 9.3 min | 0.9% |
| TUS–LAS | Tucson to Las Vegas | 105 | 79.0% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SEA | Tucson to Seattle | 93 | 88.2% | -4.8 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SLC | Tucson to Salt Lake City | 93 | 96.8% | -14.0 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SFO | Tucson to San Francisco | 83 | 39.8% | 36.3 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–ATL | Tucson to Atlanta | 62 | 88.7% | -8.8 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–SAN | Tucson to San Diego | 56 | 69.6% | 16.4 min | 0.0% |
| TUS–MDW | Tucson to Chicago | 30 | 46.7% | 17.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TUS on time in May 2026?
80.2% of 1,691 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 82.8% of 1,752 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 0.5% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.