Flights Anchorage → Phoenix
ANC → PHX
Route overview
The flight route from Anchorage to Phoenix has a high on-time performance rate of 87%, with an average delay of just 2.1 minutes across the total of 89 flights recorded. This busy route serves one of the world's largest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which handles over 44 million passengers per year, using a mix of Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Anchorage (ANC) → Phoenix (PHX) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes.
Heading to Phoenix: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Anchorage (ANC) to Phoenix (PHX) heads south-east for about 4,102 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 33m.
Departures from Anchorage on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of ANC-PHX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Phoenix it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked ANC-PHX flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 5.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about ANC-PHX
On the Anchorage (ANC) -> Phoenix (PHX) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Anchorage-Phoenix is 5.00% across 120 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
