Philadelphia (PHL) – Phoenix (PHX)
- Distance
- 3,339 km
- 2,075 mi · 1,803 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 8 min / 4 h 23 min
- Average gate to gate: PHL → PHX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 419 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (248 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 746,645
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.5%
- Flights / week
- 88
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 887,117 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- 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 PHL
- 269°
- Heading from PHX
- 67°
- Halfway point
- 38.11, -94.42
- Great-circle km
- 3,332 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PHL → PHX
- 4 h 39 min
- In the air PHX → PHL
- 3 h 59 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 56,762 |
| Sep 2025 | 51,969 |
| Oct 2025 | 61,799 |
| Nov 2025 | 61,981 |
| Dec 2025 | 65,985 |
| Jan 2026 | 55,958 |
| Feb 2026 | 54,284 |
| Mar 2026 | 72,217 |
| Apr 2026 | 63,507 |
| May 2026 | 67,073 |
| Jun 2026 | 68,957 |
| Jul 2026 | 66,153 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 349 |
| Sep 2025 | 312 |
| Oct 2025 | 360 |
| Nov 2025 | 387 |
| Dec 2025 | 404 |
| Jan 2026 | 331 |
| Feb 2026 | 329 |
| Mar 2026 | 420 |
| Apr 2026 | 414 |
| May 2026 | 424 |
| Jun 2026 | 416 |
| Jul 2026 | 418 |
Airlines flying PHL–PHX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 88 | 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
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 2,849 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,613 flights
- B787-800 Dreamliner · 76 flights
- B787-900 Dreamliner · 8 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 6 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 5 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 4 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 2 flights
Also carried: 538 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 82.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.6%
- Flights counted
- 4,644
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 41% · air traffic system 17% · weather 6% · 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
- $373
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $342
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 91% of passengers · $382
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 1% of passengers · $157
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $322 · Q3 2025 $329 · Q4 2025 $343 · Q1 2026 $373).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $381, likely $329–$434
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 8.5%). 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
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: 3,332 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.