Historical on-time performance
Portland to Tucson
1,119 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on PDX–TUS arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.7%of scheduled flights
based on 301 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time82%Medianon timep9025 minCancel0.7%Flights301
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline34%
- Weather10%
- Air traffic (NAS)18%
- Late aircraft38%
- Security0%
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 PDX → 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 79% to 85% on time.
- Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 241 flights
- Evenings79% on time · p90 30 min · 334 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 87% on time.
- Saturdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 75 flights · limited
- Tuesdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 70 flights · limited
- Thursdays83% on time · p90 15 min · 96 flights · limited
- Wednesdays83% on time · p90 20 min · 71 flights · limited
- Mondays81% on time · p90 30 min · 98 flights · limited
- Fridays77% on time · p90 30 min · 96 flights · limited
- Sundays73% on time · p90 65 min · 99 flights · limited
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