Los Angeles (LAX) – Tucson (TUS)
- Distance
- 726 km
- 451 mi · 392 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 28 min / 1 h 40 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → TUS / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / none
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 91 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (54 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 312,463
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.0%
- Flights / week
- 100
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 70%
- 445,805 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- OO, WN
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 LAX
- 104°
- Heading from TUS
- 288°
- Halfway point
- 33.08, -114.63
- Great-circle km
- 725 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → TUS
- 1 h 7 min
- In the air TUS → LAX
- 1 h 11 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, none in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 24,930 |
| Sep 2025 | 24,344 |
| Oct 2025 | 27,554 |
| Nov 2025 | 25,591 |
| Dec 2025 | 25,138 |
| Jan 2026 | 21,977 |
| Feb 2026 | 25,066 |
| Mar 2026 | 28,970 |
| Apr 2026 | 25,168 |
| May 2026 | 28,010 |
| Jun 2026 | 29,056 |
| Jul 2026 | 26,659 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 418 |
| Sep 2025 | 396 |
| Oct 2025 | 426 |
| Nov 2025 | 430 |
| Dec 2025 | 448 |
| Jan 2026 | 410 |
| Feb 2026 | 397 |
| Mar 2026 | 464 |
| Apr 2026 | 452 |
| May 2026 | 470 |
| Jun 2026 | 448 |
| Jul 2026 | 452 |
Airlines flying LAX–TUS nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 82 | 72% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 18 | 28% |
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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,436 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1,827 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 553 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 237 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 155 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 2 flights
- Canadair RJ-200ER /RJ-440 · 1 flight
Also carried: 42 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 83%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 5,189
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 84.9% | 14 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 74.7% | 13 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 53% · aircraft arriving late 29% · air traffic system 5% · weather 11% · security 1%.
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
- $228
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $208
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 36% of passengers · $226
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 28% of passengers · $196
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $203 · Q3 2025 $182 · Q4 2025 $214 · Q1 2026 $228).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $233, likely $201–$265
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.8%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 725 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.