Phoenix (PHX) – Tampa (TPA)
- Distance
- 2,877 km
- 1,788 mi · 1,554 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 52 min / 4 h 29 min
- Average gate to gate: PHX → TPA / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 361 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (214 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 364,721
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +10.9%
- Flights / week
- 47
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 435,785 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- 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
- 94°
- Heading from TPA
- 289°
- Halfway point
- 31.56, -96.84
- Great-circle km
- 2,872 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PHX → TPA
- 3 h 30 min
- In the air TPA → PHX
- 4 h 4 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 18,428 |
| Sep 2025 | 18,461 |
| Oct 2025 | 31,022 |
| Nov 2025 | 30,340 |
| Dec 2025 | 38,134 |
| Jan 2026 | 30,751 |
| Feb 2026 | 32,775 |
| Mar 2026 | 39,473 |
| Apr 2026 | 34,484 |
| May 2026 | 33,431 |
| Jun 2026 | 29,650 |
| Jul 2026 | 27,772 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 136 |
| Sep 2025 | 119 |
| Oct 2025 | 203 |
| Nov 2025 | 212 |
| Dec 2025 | 250 |
| Jan 2026 | 202 |
| Feb 2026 | 221 |
| Mar 2026 | 253 |
| Apr 2026 | 241 |
| May 2026 | 227 |
| Jun 2026 | 181 |
| Jul 2026 | 183 |
Airlines flying PHX–TPA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 28 | 63% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 19 | 37% |
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 A321Neoxlr · 1,097 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 550 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 517 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 178 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 86 flights
Also carried: 110 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 2,435
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 77.9% | 16 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 71.7% | 19 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 42% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 11% · weather 1% · security 1%.
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
- $364
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $329
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 55% of passengers · $392
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 33% of passengers · $324
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $307 · Q3 2025 $309 · Q4 2025 $324 · Q1 2026 $364).
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: 2,872 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.