Detroit (DTW) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 2,688 km
- 1,670 mi · 1,452 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 15 min / 3 h 41 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 337 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (200 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 781,993
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.7%
- Flights / week
- 91
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 920,782 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- DL, AA, 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 DTW
- 258°
- Heading from PHX
- 60°
- Halfway point
- 38.71, -98.55
- Great-circle km
- 2,683 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → PHX
- 3 h 48 min
- In the air PHX → DTW
- 3 h 15 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 54,598 |
| Sep 2025 | 55,709 |
| Oct 2025 | 68,447 |
| Nov 2025 | 62,408 |
| Dec 2025 | 73,972 |
| Jan 2026 | 58,882 |
| Feb 2026 | 56,107 |
| Mar 2026 | 74,725 |
| Apr 2026 | 68,195 |
| May 2026 | 72,972 |
| Jun 2026 | 67,494 |
| Jul 2026 | 68,484 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 370 |
| Sep 2025 | 364 |
| Oct 2025 | 427 |
| Nov 2025 | 392 |
| Dec 2025 | 434 |
| Jan 2026 | 357 |
| Feb 2026 | 318 |
| Mar 2026 | 428 |
| Apr 2026 | 422 |
| May 2026 | 432 |
| Jun 2026 | 395 |
| Jul 2026 | 415 |
Airlines flying DTW–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 51 | 58% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 24 | 24% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 12 | 13% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 3.5 | 3% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 1.2 | 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
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,097 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 785 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 711 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 424 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 419 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 393 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 384 flights
- Airbus Industrie A330-300/333 · 250 flights
Also carried: 57 tonnes of freight and 79 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 4,793
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 79.6% | 15 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 78.1% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 73.7% | 30 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 83.1% | 19 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 68.3% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 44% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 14% · weather 3% · 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
- $319
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $273
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 51% of passengers · $406
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 14% of passengers · $161
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $261 · Q3 2025 $235 · Q4 2025 $270 · Q1 2026 $319).
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: 2,683 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.