Atlanta (ATL) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 2,554 km
- 1,587 mi · 1,379 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 4 min / 3 h 30 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 321 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (189 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,224,568
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.2%
- Flights / week
- 142
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 1,429,286 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, AA, 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 ATL
- 277°
- Heading from PHX
- 82°
- Halfway point
- 34.32, -98.23
- Great-circle km
- 2,549 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → PHX
- 3 h 38 min
- In the air PHX → ATL
- 3 h 6 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 93,511 |
| Sep 2025 | 95,978 |
| Oct 2025 | 108,884 |
| Nov 2025 | 101,613 |
| Dec 2025 | 109,841 |
| Jan 2026 | 93,688 |
| Feb 2026 | 93,511 |
| Mar 2026 | 114,754 |
| Apr 2026 | 113,779 |
| May 2026 | 113,142 |
| Jun 2026 | 94,739 |
| Jul 2026 | 91,128 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 598 |
| Sep 2025 | 579 |
| Oct 2025 | 641 |
| Nov 2025 | 634 |
| Dec 2025 | 661 |
| Jan 2026 | 553 |
| Feb 2026 | 516 |
| Mar 2026 | 685 |
| Apr 2026 | 715 |
| May 2026 | 677 |
| Jun 2026 | 574 |
| Jul 2026 | 557 |
Airlines flying ATL–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 87 | 65% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 23 | 14% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 23 | 14% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 8.5 | 7% |
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
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 2,224 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 2,075 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,071 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 516 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 354 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 201 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 168 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 164 flights
Also carried: 465 tonnes of freight and 35 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.8%
- Flights counted
- 7,466
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 81.5% | 15 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 75.6% | 20 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 73.7% | 14 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 68.4% | 22 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 46% · aircraft arriving late 36% · air traffic system 15% · weather 4% · 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
- $349
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $303
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 48% of passengers · $468
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 11% of passengers · $160
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $281 · Q3 2025 $270 · Q4 2025 $307 · Q1 2026 $349).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $356, likely $316–$406
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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.6%). 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 5% 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: 2,549 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.
Every airport pair between Atlanta and Phoenix
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