OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Seattle to Tucson

1,216 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SEA–TUS arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,000 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel2.2%
    Flights92
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights352
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights556

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline47%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft35%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline60%
  • Weather40%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 5 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly SEA → TUS

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 1,350 flights
  • Overnights79% on time · p90 35 min · 126 flights · limited
  • Middays75% on time · p90 35 min · 807 flights
  • Evenings73% on time · p90 35 min · 874 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 83% on time.

  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 442 flights
  • Thursdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 468 flights
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 30 min · 468 flights
  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 440 flights
  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 30 min · 427 flights
  • Fridays79% on time · p90 25 min · 471 flights
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 30 min · 471 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.