Flights San Luis Obispo → Phoenix
SBP → PHX
Route overview
The flight route from San Luis Obispo to Phoenix operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 82%. Over the course of the year, it has conducted 266 flights using Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft, with an average delay time of 15.2 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 San Luis Obispo (SBP) → Phoenix (PHX) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 359 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.28%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.8/100 (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 Luis Obispo the average ATFM delay is 3.1 minutes.
Heading to Phoenix: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Luis Obispo (SBP) to Phoenix (PHX) heads east for about 818 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 27m.
Departures from San Luis Obispo on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 69% of SBP-PHX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Luis Obispo the average ATFM delay is 3.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Phoenix it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 359 tracked SBP-PHX flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.3% 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 SBP-PHX
On the San Luis Obispo (SBP) -> Phoenix (PHX) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 359 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Luis Obispo-Phoenix is 0.28% across 359 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.
