New York (JFK) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 3,465 km
- 2,153 mi · 1,871 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 30 min / 4 h 41 min
- Average gate to gate: JFK → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 435 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (257 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 884,524
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +5.2%
- Flights / week
- 113
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 1,043,493 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AA, DL, B6
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 JFK
- 269°
- Heading from PHX
- 65°
- Halfway point
- 38.61, -93.83
- Great-circle km
- 3,458 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air JFK → PHX
- 4 h 54 min
- In the air PHX → JFK
- 4 h 14 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 60,907 |
| Sep 2025 | 59,883 |
| Oct 2025 | 73,375 |
| Nov 2025 | 71,527 |
| Dec 2025 | 81,614 |
| Jan 2026 | 72,510 |
| Feb 2026 | 64,771 |
| Mar 2026 | 84,504 |
| Apr 2026 | 83,110 |
| May 2026 | 81,841 |
| Jun 2026 | 78,937 |
| Jul 2026 | 71,545 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 401 |
| Sep 2025 | 389 |
| Oct 2025 | 461 |
| Nov 2025 | 489 |
| Dec 2025 | 516 |
| Jan 2026 | 515 |
| Feb 2026 | 456 |
| Mar 2026 | 567 |
| Apr 2026 | 557 |
| May 2026 | 534 |
| Jun 2026 | 507 |
| Jul 2026 | 472 |
Airlines flying JFK–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 59 | 53% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 34 | 32% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 20 | 15% |
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 · 1,923 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,791 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,007 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 654 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 237 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 107 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 83 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 45 flights
Also carried: 163 tonnes of freight and 44 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.1%
- Flights counted
- 6,067
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.3% | 18 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 80.6% | 14 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 74.2% | 18 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 36% · air traffic system 25% · 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
- $325
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $324
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 50% of passengers · $306
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 19% of passengers · $292
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $331 · Q3 2025 $291 · Q4 2025 $339 · Q1 2026 $325).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $332, likely $294–$378
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 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5%). 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 7% 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: 3,458 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 New York and Phoenix
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More routes from JFK
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |