Flights Seattle → Tucson
SEA → TUS
Route overview
The flight route from Seattle to Tucson operates with a high level of punctuality, with 84% of flights arriving on time. On average, the flights experience a delay of just 5.5 minutes, and over the course of a year, there are approximately 261 flights along this route serving the substantial passenger traffic at the destination airport, which handles nearly 3.3 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 Seattle (SEA) → Tucson (TUS) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 343 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.75%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.6/100 (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 Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tucson: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Seattle (SEA) to Tucson (TUS) heads south-east for about 1,958 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 52m.
Departures from Seattle on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 67% of SEA-TUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tucson it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 343 tracked SEA-TUS flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 1.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about SEA-TUS
On the Seattle (SEA) -> Tucson (TUS) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 343 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Seattle-Tucson is 1.75% across 343 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska 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.
