Direct Flights from Minneapolis to Tucson
Nonstop service from MSP to TUS on Delta, Sun Country. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Airlines
Delta, Sun Country
Nonstop flights
~1/day
Distance
1,297 mi
Days operated
Daily (all week)
About Tucson
Tucson is the county seat of and the most populated city in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona with a population of 542,630 at the 2020 census, behind the capital city, Phoenix, while the Tucson metropolitan statistical area has an estimated 1.08 million residents and is the 52nd-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Tucson and Phoenix anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor.
Top things to do in Tucson
- Saguaro National Park is a national park of the United States in southeastern Arizona.
- The Pima Air & Space Museum is an aerospace museum in Tucson, Arizona, US. It features a display of nearly 400 aircraft spread out over 80 acres (32 ha) on a campus occupying 127 acres (51 ha).
- The Cathedral of Saint Augustine is the cathedral and mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Tucson. It is located in Tucson, Arizona in the United States.
- The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98-acre zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, natural history museum, publisher, and art gallery founded in 1952.
- Old Tucson is an American film studio and theme park just west of Tucson, Arizona, adjacent to the Tucson Mountains and close to the western portion of Saguaro National Park and near the Desert Museum.
- Madera Canyon is a canyon in the northwestern face of the Santa Rita Mountains, twenty-five miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona.
- The Arizona State Museum (ASM), founded in 1893, was originally a repository for the collection and protection of archaeological resources.
- Colossal Cave is a cave system in southeastern Arizona, United States, near the community of Vail, about 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Tucson. It contains about 3.9 miles (6.3 km) of mapped passageways.
- Tohono Chul is a botanical garden, nature preserve, and cultural museum located in Casas Adobes, a suburb of Tucson, Arizona.
- Catalina State Park is located at the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains. It is home to nearly 5,000 saguaros and desert plants.
- The Titan Missile Museum, also known as Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 or as Titan II ICBM Site 571-7, is a former ICBM site located about 40 km (25 mi) south of Tucson, Arizona in the United States.
- The University of Arizona Mineral Museum (UAMM) is a mineralogy museum located in the Pima County Courthouse in downtown Tucson, Arizona.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Planning a trip to Tucson
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Tucson is November–March, when daytime highs are a comfortable 60–75°F.
- How long to stay
- Tucson rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Saguaro National Park, Pima Air & Space Museum, and Cathedral of Saint Augustine (Tucson, Arizona) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Minneapolis to Tucson?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Minneapolis (MSP) to Tucson (TUS) on Delta, Sun Country.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Minneapolis to Tucson?
- Delta, Sun Country fly nonstop between Minneapolis (MSP) and Tucson (TUS).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Minneapolis to Tucson?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Minneapolis to Tucson.
- How far is Tucson from Minneapolis?
- Tucson is about 1,297 miles from Minneapolis by air.
- What is there to do in Tucson?
- Popular things to do include Saguaro National Park, Pima Air & Space Museum, Cathedral of Saint Augustine (Tucson, Arizona), Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, and more.
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