Burbank (BUR) – Phoenix (PHX)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
594 km
369 mi · 321 nm
Flight time
1 h 29 min / 1 h 23 min
Average gate to gate: BUR → PHX / back
Time difference
1 h / none
January / July
CO2 per passenger
75 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (44 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
547,610
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −5.2%
Flights / week
119
Both directions, average
Seats filled
73%
745,180 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
4
WN, OO, MQ

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

Great circle from BUR to PHXBURPHX
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from BUR
96°
Heading from PHX
280°
Halfway point
33.86, -115.17
Great-circle km
593 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air BUR → PHX
1 h 6 min
In the air PHX → BUR
1 h 5 min
Clocks
1 h in January, none in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 54,046 passengers
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Month Passengers
Aug 202541,648
Sep 202541,180
Oct 202551,506
Nov 202544,021
Dec 202548,294
Jan 202640,544
Feb 202639,088
Mar 202654,046
Apr 202650,325
May 202651,558
Jun 202645,226
Jul 202640,174
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: March 2026: 574 flights
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Month Flights
Aug 2025495
Sep 2025464
Oct 2025543
Nov 2025499
Dec 2025523
Jan 2026481
Feb 2026458
Mar 2026574
Apr 2026553
May 2026565
Jun 2026524
Jul 2026529

Airlines flying BUR–PHX nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
WNSouthwest Airlines83
79%
OOSkyWest Airlines20
11%
MQEnvoy Air15
9%
AAAmerican Airlines1.6
1%

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

  • Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 4,307 flights
  • Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,070 flights
  • Canadair RJ-700 · 491 flights
  • Canadair CRJ 900 · 256 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A319 · 80 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 2 flights
  • Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2 flights

Also carried: 62 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Punctuality

On time
81.5%
Arrived within 15 min of schedule
Average delay
14 min
Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
Cancelled
0.8%
Flights counted
6,266
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Airline On time Average delay
WNSouthwest Airlines82%11 min
OOSkyWest Airlines78.6%27 min
MQEnvoy Air83.4%10 min
AAAmerican Airlines75.6%17 min

Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 11% · 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
$215
One way, all cabins
Average over a year
$193
Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
Largest airline
Southwest Airlines
82% of passengers · $211
Lowest-fare airline
Southwest Airlines
82% of passengers · $211

History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $183 · Q3 2025 $182 · Q4 2025 $192 · Q1 2026 $215).

Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $220, likely $190–$250

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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 8%). 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

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: 593 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.

More routes from BUR

Route Distance Passengers / year
BUR → LAS359 km 794,699
BUR → SFO524 km 543,621
BUR → OAK523 km 534,239
BUR → DEN1,368 km 495,426
BUR → SMF577 km 429,676
BUR → SEA1,508 km 429,352
BUR → SJC477 km 370,490
BUR → PDX1,315 km 269,234
BUR → DFW1,982 km 213,819
BUR → SLC923 km 206,940

More routes from PHX

Route Distance Passengers / year
PHX → DEN968 km 2,417,314
PHX → SEA1,781 km 1,813,338
PHX → ORD2,317 km 1,706,053
PHX → DFW1,396 km 1,648,391
PHX → LAX596 km 1,572,062
PHX → LAS411 km 1,477,864
PHX → SAN490 km 1,446,560
PHX → SLC816 km 1,273,366
PHX → ATL2,554 km 1,224,568
PHX → SFO1,048 km 1,205,756

Questions

Burbank (BUR) and Phoenix (PHX) are 594 km (369 miles, 321 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.