Denver (DEN) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 968 km
- 601 mi · 523 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 55 min / 1 h 46 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → PHX / back
- Time difference
- none / 1 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 122 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (72 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 2,417,314
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.0%
- Flights / week
- 343
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 3,077,119 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- WN, UA, F9
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 DEN
- 225°
- Heading from PHX
- 40°
- Halfway point
- 36.70, -108.49
- Great-circle km
- 968 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → PHX
- 1 h 29 min
- In the air PHX → DEN
- 1 h 21 min
- Clocks
- none in January, 1 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 167,211 |
| Sep 2025 | 187,511 |
| Oct 2025 | 223,245 |
| Nov 2025 | 206,197 |
| Dec 2025 | 208,215 |
| Jan 2026 | 196,803 |
| Feb 2026 | 197,170 |
| Mar 2026 | 253,427 |
| Apr 2026 | 212,988 |
| May 2026 | 207,676 |
| Jun 2026 | 181,785 |
| Jul 2026 | 175,086 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 1,216 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,313 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,603 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,508 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,535 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,457 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,440 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,832 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,650 |
| May 2026 | 1,535 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,356 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,368 |
Airlines flying DEN–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 151 | 40% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 90 | 29% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 56 | 21% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 38 | 9% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 6.7 | 1% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 0.9 | 0% |
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 737-800 · 3,694 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 3,610 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 2,511 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 2,198 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,619 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 1,482 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 788 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 682 flights
Also carried: 694 tonnes of freight and 377 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 17,917
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72.5% | 17 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 82.7% | 13 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 78.6% | 17 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 75.6% | 25 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 79.6% | 17 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 72.2% | 20 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 20% · 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
- $194
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $176
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 38% of passengers · $200
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 21% of passengers · $123
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $167 · Q3 2025 $165 · Q4 2025 $174 · Q1 2026 $194).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $198, likely $175–$225
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.7%). 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 6% 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: 968 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 Denver and Phoenix
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More routes from DEN
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DEN → LAX | 1,387 km | 2,043,500 |
| DEN → LAS | 1,011 km | 2,041,165 |
| DEN → ORD | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| DEN → SEA | 1,648 km | 1,819,437 |
| DEN → SLC | 629 km | 1,802,673 |
| DEN → DFW | 1,032 km | 1,745,260 |
| DEN → SFO | 1,556 km | 1,743,354 |
| DEN → MSP | 1,094 km | 1,715,510 |
| DEN → ATL | 1,930 km | 1,697,204 |
| DEN → SAN | 1,372 km | 1,660,071 |