Flights Phoenix → Burbank
PHX → BUR
Route overview
The flight route from Phoenix to Burbank is operated using Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft, with a total of 797 flights recorded. The destination airport in Burbank has been operational since 1942 and handles approximately 5,898,736 passengers annually, while the route maintains a punctuality rate of 77% with an average delay of 12.6 minutes per flight.
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 Phoenix (PHX) → Burbank (BUR) route is operated by American Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1052 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.38%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Burbank the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Burbank: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Phoenix (PHX) to Burbank (BUR) heads west for about 593 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from Phoenix on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of PHX-BUR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Burbank it is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 1,052 tracked PHX-BUR flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.4% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about PHX-BUR
On the Phoenix (PHX) -> Burbank (BUR) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 1052 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Phoenix-Burbank is 0.38% across 1052 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Southwest 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.
