Flights Tucson → Los Angeles
TUS → LAX
Route overview
The flight route from Tucson to Los Angeles has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 7.8 minutes. The route is served by Canadair Regional Jet 700 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft, connecting two cities via one of the busiest airports in the United States, which opened in 1926 and currently handles over 76 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) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 847 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Tucson the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tucson (TUS) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 725 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 20m.
Departures from Tucson on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of TUS-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tucson the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 847 tracked TUS-LAX flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.0% 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 TUS-LAX
On the Tucson (TUS) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 847 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tucson-Los Angeles is 0.00% 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.
