TUS

Tucson International Airport

ICAO KTUS32.1150°N 110.9381°W2,643 ft / 806 mLarge airport
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Tucson International Airport (IATA: TUS, ICAO: KTUS) is a large airport in Tucson, Arizona, United States. It opened in 1919. It has 2 runways; the longest is 10,996 ft (3,352 m). In 2025 it handled 3.8 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1919–1919
1919
OpenedTucson International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Tucson International AirportC Gates
12/30135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH10,996 ft3,352 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
04/22045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH7,000 ft2,134 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
3.2M
3.1M
3.2M
3.4M
3.5M
3.7M
1.7M
2.7M
3.4M
3.7M
3.9M
3.8M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

18 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 111 mi / 178 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 365 mi / 587 kmSAN · San Diego International Airport · 367 mi / 591 kmLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 450 mi / 725 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 602 mi / 969 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 639 mi / 1,029 kmSFO · San Francisco International Airport · 751 mi / 1,208 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 811 mi / 1,305 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 934 mi / 1,503 kmPDX · Portland International Airport · 1,120 mi / 1,802 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 1,217 mi / 1,958 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 1,435 mi / 2,309 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 1,538 mi / 2,475 kmSNA · John Wayne Orange County International Airport · 416 mi / 670 kmDAL · Dallas Love Field · 822 mi / 1,323 kmHOU · William P. Hobby Airport · 943 mi / 1,518 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 1,297 mi / 2,087 kmMDW · Chicago Midway International Airport · 1,438 mi / 2,314 kmATLMDWMSPSEAPDXHOUDALSFODENSLCLAXSANLASPHXIAHSNAORDTUS
Year-round13
PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Southwest Airlines178 km111 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines587 km365 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines591 km367 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle, Southwest Airlines725 km450 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection969 km602 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,029 km639 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Express1,208 km751 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,305 km811 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express1,503 km934 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,802 km1,120 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,958 km1,217 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Airlines2,309 km1,435 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,475 km1,538 mi
Seasonal9
PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines178 km111 miSNAJohn Wayne Orange County International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines670 km416 miDALDallas Love FieldUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,323 km822 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,503 km934 miHOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,518 km943 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Delta Air Lines1,958 km1,217 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,087 km1,297 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,309 km1,435 miMDWChicago Midway International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,314 km1,438 mi
Most destinationsSouthwest Airlines 8United Express 4Delta Connection 3United Airlines 3American Airlines 3Alaska Airlines 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TUS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Tucson International Airport” (revision of 11 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.8M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#398of 3,974 · #97 North America · #76 USLongest runway10,996 ft3,352 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#676of 29,823 · #167 North America · #134 USElevation2,643 ft806 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=6,448of 43,341 · =3,100 North America · =2,389 USAgeOpened 19192026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=173of 15,079 · =24 North America · =23 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DAPP/DEP119.400
ATISATIS123.800
CLDCLNC DEL126.650
GNDGND124.400
POSTANG COMD POST39.220
RDOPRESCOTT RDO122.200
TWRTWR118.300
UNICUNICOM122.950