Los Angeles (LAX) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 596 km
- 370 mi · 322 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 25 min / 1 h 27 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / none
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 75 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (44 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,572,062
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.1%
- Flights / week
- 294
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 74%
- 2,111,758 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 7
- AA, WN, OO
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 LAX
- 94°
- Heading from PHX
- 277°
- Halfway point
- 33.73, -115.20
- Great-circle km
- 595 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → PHX
- 59 min
- In the air PHX → LAX
- 59 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, none in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 124,409 |
| Sep 2025 | 117,892 |
| Oct 2025 | 145,356 |
| Nov 2025 | 129,666 |
| Dec 2025 | 139,864 |
| Jan 2026 | 125,762 |
| Feb 2026 | 122,676 |
| Mar 2026 | 144,208 |
| Apr 2026 | 123,478 |
| May 2026 | 140,460 |
| Jun 2026 | 132,576 |
| Jul 2026 | 125,715 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 1,241 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,179 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,339 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,283 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,347 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,276 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,207 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,364 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,288 |
| May 2026 | 1,295 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,207 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,255 |
Airlines flying LAX–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79 | 35% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76 | 30% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 102 | 20% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 19 | 10% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 11 | 3% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 5.9 | 2% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 0.3 | 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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 5,269 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 2,392 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,832 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,566 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,340 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,279 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 646 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 464 flights
Also carried: 1,565 tonnes of freight and 10 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 15,235
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 88.5% | 8 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.8% | 17 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72.6% | 15 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 79.2% | 17 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 87.3% | 11 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 88.9% | 11 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 37% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 13% · 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
- $187
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $165
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 31% of passengers · $172
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 14% of passengers · $118
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $157 · Q3 2025 $152 · Q4 2025 $164 · Q1 2026 $187).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $191, likely $169–$217
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 8.4%). 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 3% 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: 595 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.