Direct flights from San Diego (SAN) to Tucson (TUS): 13 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 86% of the last 7 tracked flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is 8 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 10 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 590 km, an estimated 1 hour 15 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at San Diego and Tucson. Updated 15 November 2026 at 03:37 UTC.
The SAN board at 19:37 shows departure at 21:01 instead of 18:35, gate 114.
Checked SAN board 19:37 · TUS board 15:33
of the last 7 tracked SAN → TUS flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is −8 min. 0 of 10 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Conditions are tightest at SAN: a 54% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +18 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SAN to TUS flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search: San Diego (SAN) to Tucson (TUS) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Some delays possible. The departure side at SAN is the weaker end, route health score 57/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 08:45 and evening departures around 18:35 from SAN. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the TUS delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 590 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 72–81 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Southwest Airlines runs the route with about 13 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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