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TUS vs HOU - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
TUS

Tucson, AZ

Tucson, Arizona

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Airport B
HOU

Houston, TX

Houston, Texas

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric TUS HOU
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 83.8% 79.4%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 73.3 min 58.6 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 16.2% 20.6%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.81% 1.25%
Total Flights 200,641 618,821
Delayed Flights 32,454 127,699
Cancelled Flights 1,619 7,742
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

TUS - Tucson, AZ

Carrier 41.0%
Late Aircraft 35.4%
NAS 17.2%
Weather 6.3%
Security 0.1%

HOU - Houston, TX

Late Aircraft 44.4%
Carrier 34.9%
NAS 15.9%
Weather 4.5%
Security 0.4%

Top Routes

Top routes from TUS

Route Flights On-Time
PHX → TUS
Tucson
14,279 85.1%
TUS → PHX
Phoenix
14,273 85.1%
TUS → DEN
Denver
13,748 84.4%
DEN → TUS
Tucson
13,698 77.6%
TUS → LAX
Los Angeles
12,838 86.6%
LAX → TUS
Tucson
12,831 83.4%

Top routes from HOU

Route Flights On-Time
DAL → HOU
Houston
23,563 80.6%
HOU → DAL
Dallas
23,517 82.5%
HOU → ATL
Atlanta
18,651 85.3%
ATL → HOU
Houston
18,589 83.6%
DEN → HOU
Houston
14,920 77.4%
HOU → DEN
Denver
14,913 81.6%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.