Flights Los Angeles → Tucson
LAX → TUS
Route overview
The flight route from Los Angeles to Tucson operates with an 80% on-time performance rate, with the average delay being 11.2 minutes when delays occur. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 651 flights using aircraft such as the Canadair Regional Jet 700 and Boeing 737-300, serving the busy destination airport in Tucson which handles over three million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Los Angeles (LAX) → Tucson (TUS) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 847 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.24%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Tucson the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tucson: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Los Angeles (LAX) to Tucson (TUS) heads east for about 725 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 20m.
Departures from Los Angeles on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 43% of LAX-TUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tucson it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 847 tracked LAX-TUS flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about LAX-TUS
On the Los Angeles (LAX) -> Tucson (TUS) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 847 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Los Angeles-Tucson is 0.24% across 847 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
