TUS to PHX flight delays
Tucson, AZ (TUS) Phoenix, AZ (PHX) · 109 miles
326 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
82.46%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.31%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
79 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 79 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The two directions do not behave alike. PHX to TUS arrives on time 8.2 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Only SkyWest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 326 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on TUS to PHX.
Every airline on TUS to PHX
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 176 | 77.84% | 0% | 81 min | C |
| Southwest Airlines | 60 | 76.67% | 0% | 68 min | — |
| Envoy Air | 57 | 96.49% | 0% | 53 min | — |
| American Airlines | 33 | 93.75% | 3.03% | 142 min | — |
The return leg
PHX to TUS Phoenix back to Tucson 74.3% on time CCommon questions
Are flights from Tucson to Phoenix usually delayed?
82.46% of flights on the TUS to PHX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Tucson to Phoenix?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 176 flights and 77.84% arriving on time.
How often are TUS to PHX flights cancelled?
0.31% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 3 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When TUS to PHX flights are late, how late are they?
About 79 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on TUS to PHX during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →