Flights Salt Lake City → Phoenix
SLC → PHX
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Phoenix operates with a high on-time performance rate of 86%, with an average delay of just 6.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 1592 flights using various aircraft models including Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800, and Boeing 737-300, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic with nearly 44.4 million passengers.
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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Phoenix (PHX) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 2094 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.1/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Phoenix: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Phoenix (PHX) heads south for about 818 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 27m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 46% of SLC-PHX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Phoenix it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 2,094 tracked SLC-PHX flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-PHX
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Phoenix (PHX) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 2094 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Phoenix is 0.48% across 2094 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Phoenix, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
