Tucson International in July 2026

79.5%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,398 domestic departures from Tucson International (TUS). 79.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.1% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so TUS departures were 10.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 1,441 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of −1.5 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at TUS that month were on time 71.2% of the time (1,398 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 24%.

On time 80.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	TUS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	79.5%	81.0%	82.2%	68.8%
Arrived on time	80.1%	81.5%	82.6%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.9%	1.0%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	17.9 min	14.0 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	47	48	54	21,066
Scheduled departures	1,398	1,441	19,536	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	597	43%	80.1%	2.4 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	330	24%	75.2%	10.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	261	19%	83.1%	3.4 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	90.3%	-6.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	61	4%	82.0%	7.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	56	4%	85.7%	1.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	2%	74.2%	7.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TUS–PHX	Tucson to Phoenix	330	80.9%	6.7 min	0.0%
TUS–LAX	Tucson to Los Angeles	217	88.9%	-2.8 min	0.0%
TUS–DFW	Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth	152	80.3%	7.7 min	0.0%
TUS–DEN	Tucson to Denver	150	76.7%	11.3 min	0.0%
TUS–ORD	Tucson to Chicago	93	74.2%	0.5 min	3.2%
TUS–SEA	Tucson to Seattle	93	84.9%	-0.2 min	0.0%
TUS–SLC	Tucson to Salt Lake City	92	89.1%	-8.0 min	0.0%
TUS–LAS	Tucson to Las Vegas	89	80.9%	7.8 min	0.0%
TUS–ATL	Tucson to Atlanta	62	90.3%	-6.7 min	0.0%
TUS–SFO	Tucson to San Francisco	62	46.8%	17.8 min	0.0%
TUS–SAN	Tucson to San Diego	58	62.1%	15.1 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	24.1%	31.7%	4,502
Late-arriving aircraft	39.8%	41.8%	7,426
National Aviation System	25.2%	19.9%	4,701
Extreme weather	10.9%	6.5%	2,028
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

18,657 delay minutes on 270 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 July 2026?

79.5% of 1,398 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 81.0% of 1,441 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 79.5% and 0.2% in July 2026.

Provenance

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