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Tucson International Airport

TUS · Tucson, AZ

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IATA Code
TUS
ICAO Code
KTUS
City
Tucson
Country
United States
Website
www.flytucson.com

Tucson International Airport is a major airport serving Tucson, AZ. Its IATA code is TUS and its ICAO code is KTUS.

The airfield sits 2,643 feet above sea level.

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TUS by the numbers

IATA TUS · ICAO KTUS · 2,643 ft elevation · Map

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Official departure punctuality

Ranks #102 of 358 U.S. airports for on-time departures

On-time departures
82.8%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
83 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
19,555
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 36%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 35%
  • Air traffic control & airport 21%
  • Extreme weather 7%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Busiest routes from TUS

RouteFlightsOn time
Phoenix (PHX) 3,511 84%
Denver (DEN) 2,719 84%
Los Angeles (LAX) 2,607 86%
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) 2,189 81%
Las Vegas (LAS) 1,319 84%
Salt Lake City (SLC) 1,112 93%
Chicago (ORD) 1,066 77%
Seattle (SEA) 1,065 86%
San Francisco (SFO) 945 66%
Atlanta (ATL) 809 91%
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Airlines departing TUS

AirlineFlightsOn-time departures
SkyWest Airlines 8,151 85%
Southwest Airlines 4,602 79%
American Airlines 2,989 80%
United Airlines 1,259 85%
Delta Air Lines 1,120 89%
Envoy Air 608 88%
Alaska Airlines 603 82%
Frontier Airlines 223 81%

Runways

Runway Length Surface
12/30 10,996 ft ASP, lighted
04/22 7,000 ft ASP, lighted

Listen to the tower

Air traffic control frequencies, for scanners and airband radios.

  • Recorded airport information (ATIS) 123.800 MHz
  • Tower 118.300 MHz
  • Ground 124.400 MHz
  • Clearance delivery 126.650 MHz

Runways and frequencies: OurAirports (public domain). Not for navigation.

Tags: TUS, KTUS, Tucson airport, Tucson International Airport

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