Flights Tucson → Denver
TUS → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Tucson to Denver operates with an average on-time performance of 82%, featuring a mean delay of 13.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 781 flights using aircraft such as the Canadair Regional Jet 700 and Boeing 737-300, serving the busy Denver International Airport which opened in 1989 and handles nearly 82.4 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 Tucson (TUS) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1020 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.88%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tucson the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tucson (TUS) to Denver (DEN) heads north-east for about 1,029 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 42m.
Departures from Tucson on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 56% of TUS-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tucson the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,020 tracked TUS-DEN flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.9% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about TUS-DEN
On the Tucson (TUS) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 1020 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tucson-Denver is 0.88% across 1020 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 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.
