Washington (BWI) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 3,216 km
- 1,998 mi · 1,736 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 55 min / 4 h 6 min
- Average gate to gate: BWI → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 404 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (239 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 339,009
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.5%
- Flights / week
- 47
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 421,101 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- 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 BWI
- 270°
- Heading from PHX
- 68°
- Halfway point
- 37.64, -95.01
- Great-circle km
- 3,209 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BWI → PHX
- 4 h 34 min
- In the air PHX → BWI
- 3 h 49 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 27,805 |
| Sep 2025 | 28,169 |
| Oct 2025 | 33,404 |
| Nov 2025 | 26,972 |
| Dec 2025 | 29,612 |
| Jan 2026 | 24,345 |
| Feb 2026 | 23,646 |
| Mar 2026 | 31,958 |
| Apr 2026 | 31,869 |
| May 2026 | 35,883 |
| Jun 2026 | 26,625 |
| Jul 2026 | 18,721 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 208 |
| Sep 2025 | 205 |
| Oct 2025 | 237 |
| Nov 2025 | 209 |
| Dec 2025 | 213 |
| Jan 2026 | 190 |
| Feb 2026 | 187 |
| Mar 2026 | 222 |
| Apr 2026 | 236 |
| May 2026 | 248 |
| Jun 2026 | 178 |
| Jul 2026 | 124 |
Airlines flying BWI–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 47 | 100% |
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 B737 Max 800 · 1,338 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 870 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 247 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1 flight
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1 flight
Also carried: 487 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 11 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 2,470
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 42% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 17% · weather 1% · security 1%.
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
- $315
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $286
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 73% of passengers · $345
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 11% of passengers · $239
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $274 · Q3 2025 $270 · Q4 2025 $283 · Q1 2026 $315).
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: 3,209 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 Washington and Phoenix
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