Phoenix (PHX) – Santa Ana (SNA)
- Distance
- 545 km
- 339 mi · 294 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 17 min / 1 h 17 min
- Average gate to gate: PHX → SNA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / none
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 68 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (40 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,182,842
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +11.2%
- Flights / week
- 177
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 1,505,021 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- 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
- 274°
- Heading from SNA
- 91°
- Halfway point
- 33.59, -114.93
- Great-circle km
- 544 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PHX → SNA
- 56 min
- In the air SNA → PHX
- 54 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 | 96,501 |
| Sep 2025 | 91,364 |
| Oct 2025 | 99,516 |
| Nov 2025 | 94,413 |
| Dec 2025 | 102,311 |
| Jan 2026 | 91,543 |
| Feb 2026 | 94,325 |
| Mar 2026 | 111,574 |
| Apr 2026 | 94,576 |
| May 2026 | 99,403 |
| Jun 2026 | 103,632 |
| Jul 2026 | 103,684 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 735 |
| Sep 2025 | 691 |
| Oct 2025 | 706 |
| Nov 2025 | 784 |
| Dec 2025 | 799 |
| Jan 2026 | 753 |
| Feb 2026 | 726 |
| Mar 2026 | 853 |
| Apr 2026 | 752 |
| May 2026 | 804 |
| Jun 2026 | 803 |
| Jul 2026 | 816 |
Airlines flying PHX–SNA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 93 | 47% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 74 | 46% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 11 | 7% |
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 · 3,924 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2,511 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,636 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 506 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 264 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 232 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 135 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 14 flights
Also carried: 181 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 9,274
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 80.9% | 10 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.7% | 17 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 84.8% | 11 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 52% · air traffic system 11% · 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
- $214
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $197
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 44% of passengers · $235
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 14% of passengers · $103
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $198 · Q3 2025 $181 · Q4 2025 $192 · Q1 2026 $214).
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: 544 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.