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Route Reliability

Denver → Tucson

DENTUS · 639 miles · Denver International Airport to Tucson International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
2,797
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines82%1,484 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines82%104 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines71%1,209 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–TUS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 57% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–TUS flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 72%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 71%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(411 flights)
  • Tue83%(378 flights)
  • Wed81%(373 flights)
  • Thu75%(411 flights)
  • Fri72%(416 flights)
  • Sat81%(346 flights)
  • Sun74%(449 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(493 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(519 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(550 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(454 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(580 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM57%(188 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 61% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%188
July 202563%160
August 202577%191
September 202578%193
October 202579%257
November 202590%258
December 202574%270
January 202679%255
February 202680%246
March 202680%274
April 202682%260
May 202674%232

Based on 2,797 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.