Boston (BOS) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 3,701 km
- 2,299 mi · 1,998 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 44 min / 4 h 47 min
- Average gate to gate: BOS → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 464 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (275 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 659,858
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −6.3%
- Flights / week
- 76
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 87%
- 754,635 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AA, DL, B6
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 BOS
- 268°
- Heading from PHX
- 62°
- Halfway point
- 39.73, -92.80
- Great-circle km
- 3,693 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BOS → PHX
- 5 h 14 min
- In the air PHX → BOS
- 4 h 21 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 46,786 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,774 |
| Oct 2025 | 57,072 |
| Nov 2025 | 51,787 |
| Dec 2025 | 60,927 |
| Jan 2026 | 50,965 |
| Feb 2026 | 50,395 |
| Mar 2026 | 67,639 |
| Apr 2026 | 66,536 |
| May 2026 | 63,501 |
| Jun 2026 | 50,651 |
| Jul 2026 | 48,825 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 272 |
| Sep 2025 | 260 |
| Oct 2025 | 331 |
| Nov 2025 | 312 |
| Dec 2025 | 356 |
| Jan 2026 | 312 |
| Feb 2026 | 303 |
| Mar 2026 | 394 |
| Apr 2026 | 422 |
| May 2026 | 404 |
| Jun 2026 | 297 |
| Jul 2026 | 298 |
Airlines flying BOS–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 50 | 68% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 16 | 20% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 10 | 11% |
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 A321-200n · 3,017 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 386 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 229 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 192 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 74 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 61 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 1 flight
- Boeing 757-200 · 1 flight
Also carried: 179 tonnes of freight and 12 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 4,032
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 78.8% | 17 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 74% | 21 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 72.8% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 38% · aircraft arriving late 38% · air traffic system 22% · weather 2% · 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
- $292
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $294
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 50% of passengers · $308
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 14% of passengers · $199
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $296 · Q3 2025 $280 · Q4 2025 $304 · Q1 2026 $292).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $298, likely $264–$339
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 6.7%). 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: 3,693 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.