Phoenix (PHX) – San Diego (SAN)
- Distance
- 490 km
- 305 mi · 265 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 15 min / 1 h 20 min
- Average gate to gate: PHX → SAN / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / none
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 112 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (66 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,446,560
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +10.3%
- Flights / week
- 248
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 1,975,181 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- WN, AA, F9
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 PHX
- 262°
- Heading from SAN
- 79°
- Halfway point
- 33.11, -114.61
- Great-circle km
- 489 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PHX → SAN
- 51 min
- In the air SAN → PHX
- 52 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, none in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 113,869 |
| Sep 2025 | 114,359 |
| Oct 2025 | 129,138 |
| Nov 2025 | 112,712 |
| Dec 2025 | 120,433 |
| Jan 2026 | 109,032 |
| Feb 2026 | 112,560 |
| Mar 2026 | 131,361 |
| Apr 2026 | 120,452 |
| May 2026 | 128,345 |
| Jun 2026 | 126,488 |
| Jul 2026 | 127,811 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 940 |
| Sep 2025 | 986 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,088 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,031 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,094 |
| Jan 2026 | 998 |
| Feb 2026 | 998 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,169 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,133 |
| May 2026 | 1,161 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,120 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,173 |
Airlines flying PHX–SAN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 122 | 51% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 64 | 31% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 15 | 8% |
| QXHorizon Air | 20 | 4% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 18 | 4% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 8.3 | 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 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 3,247 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2,766 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,985 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,931 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,092 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 641 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 534 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 316 flights
Also carried: 362 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.4%
- Flights counted
- 11,978
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 71.7% | 15 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 76.6% | 22 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 66.7% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 72.4% | 23 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 81.7% | 11 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 52% · air traffic system 18% · 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
- $162
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $162
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 58% of passengers · $163
- Lowest-fare airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 12% of passengers · $145
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $170 · Q3 2025 $162 · Q4 2025 $155 · Q1 2026 $162).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $165, likely $146–$188
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.6%). 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: 489 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.