Historical on-time performance
Chicago to Tucson
1,440 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MDW–TUS arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.7%of scheduled flights
based on 281 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time79%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.7%Flights281
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline37%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)19%
- Late aircraft42%
- Security1%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly MDW → TUS
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 50% to 85% on time.
- Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 256 flights
- Middays82% on time · p90 25 min · 282 flights
- Afternoons68% on time · p90 55 min · 101 flights · limited
- Overnights50% on time · p90 75 min · 58 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 84% on time.
- Tuesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 80 flights · limited
- Fridays82% on time · p90 30 min · 96 flights · limited
- Mondays79% on time · p90 40 min · 97 flights · limited
- Sundays78% on time · p90 30 min · 115 flights · limited
- Saturdays76% on time · p90 25 min · 174 flights · limited
- Thursdays76% on time · p90 25 min · 97 flights · limited
- Wednesdays73% on time · p90 35 min · 79 flights · limited
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