Denver (DEN) – Tucson (TUS)
- Distance
- 1,028 km
- 639 mi · 555 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h / 1 h 53 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → TUS / back
- Time difference
- none / 1 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 129 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (76 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 601,311
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.4%
- Flights / week
- 106
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 768,472 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- WN, UA, OO
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DEN
- 215°
- Heading from TUS
- 32°
- Halfway point
- 36.03, -107.96
- Great-circle km
- 1,029 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → TUS
- 1 h 37 min
- In the air TUS → DEN
- 1 h 30 min
- Clocks
- none in January, 1 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 40,950 |
| Sep 2025 | 47,541 |
| Oct 2025 | 61,007 |
| Nov 2025 | 53,023 |
| Dec 2025 | 54,275 |
| Jan 2026 | 48,803 |
| Feb 2026 | 54,414 |
| Mar 2026 | 65,608 |
| Apr 2026 | 54,979 |
| May 2026 | 47,698 |
| Jun 2026 | 37,518 |
| Jul 2026 | 35,495 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 388 |
| Sep 2025 | 392 |
| Oct 2025 | 517 |
| Nov 2025 | 518 |
| Dec 2025 | 541 |
| Jan 2026 | 511 |
| Feb 2026 | 498 |
| Mar 2026 | 556 |
| Apr 2026 | 529 |
| May 2026 | 473 |
| Jun 2026 | 299 |
| Jul 2026 | 290 |
Airlines flying DEN–TUS nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 46 | 50% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 33 | 35% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 24 | 12% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 3.3 | 4% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,350 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,035 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,020 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 900 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 417 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 264 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 153 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 124 flights
Also carried: 96 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 5,469
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 75.7% | 14 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 82.8% | 12 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 86.1% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 81.2% | 11 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 41% · air traffic system 22% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $217
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $207
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 48% of passengers · $241
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 11% of passengers · $113
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $192 · Q4 2025 $207 · Q1 2026 $217).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,029 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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