Houston (HOU) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 1,641 km
- 1,020 mi · 886 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 42 min / 2 h 25 min
- Average gate to gate: HOU → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / 2 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 206 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (122 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 556,941
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.4%
- Flights / week
- 81
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 708,709 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 HOU
- 289°
- Heading from PHX
- 100°
- Halfway point
- 31.82, -103.47
- Great-circle km
- 1,638 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air HOU → PHX
- 2 h 23 min
- In the air PHX → HOU
- 2 h 6 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, 2 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 38,826 |
| Sep 2025 | 39,848 |
| Oct 2025 | 53,162 |
| Nov 2025 | 45,308 |
| Dec 2025 | 52,796 |
| Jan 2026 | 42,747 |
| Feb 2026 | 41,255 |
| Mar 2026 | 54,599 |
| Apr 2026 | 48,093 |
| May 2026 | 53,719 |
| Jun 2026 | 44,611 |
| Jul 2026 | 41,977 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 317 |
| Sep 2025 | 299 |
| Oct 2025 | 384 |
| Nov 2025 | 369 |
| Dec 2025 | 393 |
| Jan 2026 | 337 |
| Feb 2026 | 316 |
| Mar 2026 | 393 |
| Apr 2026 | 386 |
| May 2026 | 395 |
| Jun 2026 | 309 |
| Jul 2026 | 306 |
Airlines flying HOU–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 81 | 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 · 2,088 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,357 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 758 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1 flight
Also carried: 524 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 4,217
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 13% · 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
- $235
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $200
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $235
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $235
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $194 · Q3 2025 $182 · Q4 2025 $189 · Q1 2026 $235).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $240, likely $208–$274
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.9%). 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 4% 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: 1,638 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.
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