Flights Yuma → Phoenix
YUM → PHX
Route overview
The flight route from Yuma to Phoenix has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with an average delay of 12.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 353 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, which handles nearly 44.4 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 Yuma (YUM) → Phoenix (PHX) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 433 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.23%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 6.3/100 (low), 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 Yuma the average ATFM delay is 0.5 minutes.
Heading to Phoenix: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Yuma (YUM) to Phoenix (PHX) heads east for about 258 km, a flight time of roughly 45m.
Departures from Yuma on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 55% of YUM-PHX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Yuma the average ATFM delay is 0.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Phoenix it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 433 tracked YUM-PHX flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.2% 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 YUM-PHX
On the Yuma (YUM) -> Phoenix (PHX) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 433 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Yuma-Phoenix is 0.23% across 433 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.
