The flight time from Boston to Phoenix is 5 hours, 39 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOS Boston, MA 1 minute early.
20 minutes taxiing out
5 hours, 8 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives PHX Phoenix, AZ 10 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
84%
Delta
84%
JetBlue
65%
Spirit
54%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boston to Phoenix is 5 hours, 39 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 8 minutes.

The flight distance from Boston to Phoenix is 2300 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Phoenix to Boston
4 hours, 45 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
5h 25m
American
5h 39m
Delta
5h 39m
JetBlue
5h 42m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h6h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

36

Distance

2300 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
22
Delta
7
JetBlue
6
Spirit
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boston from Phoenix by plane?

The distance from Boston to Phoenix by plane is 2300 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Boston to Phoenix?

The flight time from Boston to Phoenix is 5 hours, 39 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 8 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 5 hours, 25 minutes, and JetBlue the slowest taking 5 hours, 42 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boston to Phoenix?

American, JetBlue, Delta, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Boston to Phoenix.

Does Southwest fly from Boston to Phoenix?

Southwest does not fly from Boston (BOS) to Phoenix (PHX). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Boston 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 20 minutes
In the Air 308 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Phoenix 10 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Boston to Phoenix, Spirit is 54% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 54% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 84% 16% 0%
Delta 84% 15% 1%
JetBlue 65% 34% 1%
Spirit 54% 38% 8%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boston and Phoenix, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Spirit 15 303 8 325
American 19 309 6 339
Delta 23 306 7 339
JetBlue 20 311 7 342

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
12pm 0.81
11am 0.09
4pm 0.96
9am 0.15
1pm 0.1
5pm 0.28
8pm 0.08
8am 0.07
5am 0.1
6pm 1.43
6am 0.89
0am 0
7pm 0.23
7am 0.01

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Phoenix that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 151
February 141
March 154
April 150
May 154
June 154
July 158
August 177
September 156
October 152
November 169
December 189

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Phoenix that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 5.19
Tuesday 5.15
Wednesday 5.19
Thursday 5.15
Friday 5.29
Saturday 5.44
Sunday 5.21

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
American 0
Delta 0
JetBlue 0
Spirit 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
12pm 17 306 6 331
11am 18 333 6 361
4pm 20 307 6 335
9am 17 313 4 335
1pm 18 303 6 329
5pm 20 317 7 347
8pm 20 327 10 363
8am 21 306 4 337
5am 18 303 6 334
6pm 22 308 7 341
6am 19 311 8 347
0am 14 331 4 349
7pm 20 296 8 327
7am 19 330 14 363
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.