Flights Salt Lake City → Tucson
SLC → TUS
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Tucson has a high on-time performance rate of 92%, with an average delay of just 0.1 minutes across the 289 total flights recorded. The destination airport in Tucson serves over three million passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and connectivity.
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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Tucson (TUS) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 380 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.9/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tucson: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Tucson (TUS) heads south for about 969 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 38m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 36% of SLC-TUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tucson it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 380 tracked SLC-TUS flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-TUS
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Tucson (TUS) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 380 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Tucson is 0.00% across 380 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
