Flights Tucson → Las Vegas
TUS → LAS
Route overview
The flight route from Tucson to Las Vegas operates with a high frequency of 347 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 52,667,741 passengers. With an on-time performance rate of 78%, these flights experience an average delay of 8.8 minutes, indicating generally reliable service between the two cities.
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) → Las Vegas (LAS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 466 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.21%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tucson the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Las Vegas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tucson (TUS) to Las Vegas (LAS) heads north-west for about 587 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 9m.
Departures from Tucson on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of TUS-LAS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tucson the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Las Vegas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 466 tracked TUS-LAS flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 0.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about TUS-LAS
On the Tucson (TUS) -> Las Vegas (LAS) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 466 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tucson-Las Vegas is 0.21% across 466 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
