Saint Paul (MSP) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 2,053 km
- 1,276 mi · 1,109 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 21 min / 2 h 59 min
- Average gate to gate: MSP → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / 2 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 258 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (153 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,185,393
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.2%
- Flights / week
- 143
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 1,389,774 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- DL, SY, AA
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 MSP
- 238°
- Heading from PHX
- 46°
- Halfway point
- 39.54, -103.38
- Great-circle km
- 2,051 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MSP → PHX
- 2 h 54 min
- In the air PHX → MSP
- 2 h 37 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, 2 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 87,762 |
| Sep 2025 | 81,373 |
| Oct 2025 | 107,040 |
| Nov 2025 | 97,190 |
| Dec 2025 | 111,273 |
| Jan 2026 | 101,242 |
| Feb 2026 | 109,974 |
| Mar 2026 | 139,560 |
| Apr 2026 | 105,564 |
| May 2026 | 90,002 |
| Jun 2026 | 78,421 |
| Jul 2026 | 75,992 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 565 |
| Sep 2025 | 530 |
| Oct 2025 | 684 |
| Nov 2025 | 632 |
| Dec 2025 | 697 |
| Jan 2026 | 620 |
| Feb 2026 | 672 |
| Mar 2026 | 818 |
| Apr 2026 | 673 |
| May 2026 | 581 |
| Jun 2026 | 492 |
| Jul 2026 | 493 |
Airlines flying MSP–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 78 | 57% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 28 | 21% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 24 | 15% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 9.8 | 6% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 2.8 | 2% |
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 · 2,053 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,468 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,319 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 705 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 557 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 313 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 301 flights
- Boeing 737-900 · 249 flights
Also carried: 70 tonnes of freight and 93 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 6,039
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 82.6% | 13 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.2% | 18 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 80.8% | 11 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 83.6% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 49% · aircraft arriving late 36% · 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
- $274
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $233
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 45% of passengers · $366
- Lowest-fare airline
- Sun Country Airlines
- 28% of passengers · $190
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $210 · Q3 2025 $196 · Q4 2025 $231 · Q1 2026 $274).
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: 2,051 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.