Historical on-time performance
Minneapolis to Tucson
1,298 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MSP–TUS arrive on time 87% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate87%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights
based on 123 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time87%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.8%Flights123
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline43%
- Weather4%
- Air traffic (NAS)21%
- Late aircraft32%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly MSP → TUS
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 89% on time.
- Fridays89% on time · p90 15 min · 64 flights · limited
- Tuesdays88% on time · p90 20 min · 57 flights · limited
- Sundays85% on time · p90 25 min · 55 flights · limited
- Saturdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 67 flights · limited
- Thursdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 64 flights · limited
- Mondays79% on time · p90 20 min · 68 flights · limited
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