Flights San Diego → Phoenix
SAN → PHX
Route overview
The flight route from San Diego to Phoenix, operating primarily with Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft, has a punctuality rate of 76%, with an average delay of 13.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 1657 flights departing from San Diego International Airport, which opened in 1928, heading towards Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States with over 44 million passengers annually.
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 San Diego (SAN) → Phoenix (PHX) route is operated by American Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 2120 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.71%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (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 San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Phoenix: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Diego (SAN) to Phoenix (PHX) heads east for about 489 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 2m.
Departures from San Diego on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of SAN-PHX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Phoenix it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 2,120 tracked SAN-PHX flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.7% 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 SAN-PHX
On the San Diego (SAN) -> Phoenix (PHX) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 2120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Diego-Phoenix is 0.71% across 2120 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.
