Chicago (ORD) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 2,317 km
- 1,440 mi · 1,251 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 49 min / 3 h 30 min
- Average gate to gate: ORD → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / 2 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 291 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (172 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,706,053
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +2.4%
- Flights / week
- 211
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 1,993,067 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- AA, UA, 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 ORD
- 254°
- Heading from PHX
- 59°
- Halfway point
- 38.33, -100.66
- Great-circle km
- 2,313 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ORD → PHX
- 3 h 17 min
- In the air PHX → ORD
- 2 h 56 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, 2 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 123,377 |
| Sep 2025 | 132,848 |
| Oct 2025 | 142,271 |
| Nov 2025 | 127,004 |
| Dec 2025 | 147,221 |
| Jan 2026 | 132,278 |
| Feb 2026 | 140,084 |
| Mar 2026 | 188,089 |
| Apr 2026 | 157,761 |
| May 2026 | 157,321 |
| Jun 2026 | 131,751 |
| Jul 2026 | 126,048 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 804 |
| Sep 2025 | 859 |
| Oct 2025 | 876 |
| Nov 2025 | 848 |
| Dec 2025 | 974 |
| Jan 2026 | 881 |
| Feb 2026 | 895 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,138 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,042 |
| May 2026 | 999 |
| Jun 2026 | 815 |
| Jul 2026 | 831 |
Airlines flying ORD–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 112 | 53% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 75 | 36% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 16 | 7% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 7.2 | 4% |
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 · 3,139 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 2,020 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,757 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,481 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,196 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 1,075 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 144 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 122 flights
Also carried: 312 tonnes of freight and 365 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 11,173
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 74.8% | 22 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 78.1% | 18 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 60.3% | 28 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 69% | 33 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 41% · 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
- $268
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $249
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 42% of passengers · $275
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 10% of passengers · $208
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $242 · Q3 2025 $218 · Q4 2025 $257 · Q1 2026 $268).
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: 2,313 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 Chicago and Phoenix
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More routes from ORD
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → SEA | 2,769 km | 1,622,991 |