Phoenix (PHX) – Tucson (TUS)
- Distance
- 177 km
- 110 mi · 96 nm
- Flight time
- 50 min / 56 min
- Average gate to gate: PHX → TUS / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 41 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (24 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 439,250
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +8.8%
- Flights / week
- 136
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 74%
- 595,637 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- OO, MQ, 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
- 145°
- Heading from TUS
- 326°
- Halfway point
- 32.78, -111.47
- Great-circle km
- 178 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PHX → TUS
- 26 min
- In the air TUS → PHX
- 27 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 30,090 |
| Sep 2025 | 27,415 |
| Oct 2025 | 27,930 |
| Nov 2025 | 30,285 |
| Dec 2025 | 32,855 |
| Jan 2026 | 32,281 |
| Feb 2026 | 29,634 |
| Mar 2026 | 46,403 |
| Apr 2026 | 43,027 |
| May 2026 | 44,771 |
| Jun 2026 | 45,928 |
| Jul 2026 | 48,631 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 509 |
| Sep 2025 | 461 |
| Oct 2025 | 475 |
| Nov 2025 | 512 |
| Dec 2025 | 573 |
| Jan 2026 | 568 |
| Feb 2026 | 504 |
| Mar 2026 | 737 |
| Apr 2026 | 714 |
| May 2026 | 689 |
| Jun 2026 | 662 |
| Jul 2026 | 682 |
Airlines flying PHX–TUS nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 88 | 56% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 22 | 16% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 12 | 14% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 13 | 14% |
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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,689 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 2,550 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 602 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 507 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 487 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 102 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 53 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 48 flights
Also carried: 23 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 82.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 6,928
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 81.8% | 17 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 87.3% | 8 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 84.1% | 12 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 75.8% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 47% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 8% · weather 5% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 178 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.