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Route Reliability

Tucson → Los Angeles

TUSLAX · 451 miles · Tucson International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

92
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
2,567
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines90%1,009 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines84%454 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines83%1,104 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TUS–LAX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 75% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

TUS–LAX flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 80%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 90% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 83%.

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
  • Mon84%(377 flights)
  • Tue87%(360 flights)
  • Wed88%(351 flights)
  • Thu88%(370 flights)
  • Fri86%(378 flights)
  • Sat89%(331 flights)
  • Sun80%(388 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(764 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(565 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(415 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(620 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(190 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 88% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%208
July 202583%209
August 202585%206
September 202588%195
October 202585%212
November 202587%214
December 202588%224
January 202687%203
February 202679%196
March 202689%229
April 202691%226
May 202682%233

Based on 2,567 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.