Phoenix (PHX) – San Francisco (SFO)
- Distance
- 1,048 km
- 651 mi · 566 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 6 min / 2 h
- Average gate to gate: PHX → SFO / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / none
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 132 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (78 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,205,756
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.8%
- Flights / week
- 182
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 1,490,015 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- UA, AA, 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 PHX
- 299°
- Heading from SFO
- 113°
- Halfway point
- 35.64, -117.06
- Great-circle km
- 1,046 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PHX → SFO
- 1 h 39 min
- In the air SFO → PHX
- 1 h 33 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, none in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 91,774 |
| Sep 2025 | 86,453 |
| Oct 2025 | 99,864 |
| Nov 2025 | 100,787 |
| Dec 2025 | 112,232 |
| Jan 2026 | 92,176 |
| Feb 2026 | 96,656 |
| Mar 2026 | 120,497 |
| Apr 2026 | 106,626 |
| May 2026 | 105,305 |
| Jun 2026 | 96,864 |
| Jul 2026 | 96,522 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 678 |
| Sep 2025 | 673 |
| Oct 2025 | 742 |
| Nov 2025 | 790 |
| Dec 2025 | 849 |
| Jan 2026 | 770 |
| Feb 2026 | 766 |
| Mar 2026 | 939 |
| Apr 2026 | 861 |
| May 2026 | 835 |
| Jun 2026 | 767 |
| Jul 2026 | 797 |
Airlines flying PHX–SFO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 56 | 32% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 50 | 31% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 41 | 23% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 10 | 8% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 21 | 6% |
| QXHorizon Air | 2.7 | 1% |
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 · 3,029 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,494 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,212 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 844 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 755 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 676 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 511 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 375 flights
Also carried: 422 tonnes of freight and 151 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 69.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 22 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 9,382
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 75.5% | 16 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 69.3% | 27 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 60.2% | 24 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 76.8% | 17 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 65.3% | 30 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 27% · weather 1% · 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
- $196
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $174
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 33% of passengers · $229
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 25% of passengers · $173
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 $184 · Q1 2026 $196).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $200, likely $177–$228
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 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 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 5% 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: 1,046 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.