The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix is 5 hours, 6 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 9 minutes late.
16 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 38 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives PHX Phoenix, AZ 10 minutes late.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

JetBlue
100%
Frontier
74%
Southwest
60%
Spirit
56%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix is 5 hours, 6 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 38 minutes.

The flight distance from Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix is 1972 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Phoenix to Fort Lauderdale
4 hours, 2 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
4h 49m
Southwest
4h 55m
Spirit
5h 2m
Frontier
5h 17m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

7

Distance

1972 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND0204060

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Spirit
3
Frontier
2
JetBlue
0
Southwest
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Fort Lauderdale from Phoenix by plane?

The distance from Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix by plane is 1972 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix?

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix is 5 hours, 6 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 38 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 4 hours, 49 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 5 hours, 17 minutes.

What airlines fly from Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix?

Southwest, Spirit, Frontier, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix.

Does Southwest fly from Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Phoenix (PHX). On average, they have 0 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

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 Fort Lauderdale 9 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 278 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Phoenix 10 minutes late

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 Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix, Southwest is 60% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 60% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
JetBlue 100% 0% 0%
Frontier 74% 21% 5%
Southwest 60% 40% 0%
Spirit 56% 42% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Fort Lauderdale 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)
JetBlue 13 266 10 289
Southwest 16 269 7 295
Spirit 14 277 8 302
Frontier 18 281 13 317

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
11am 0.01
9pm 0.09
1pm 0.02
8pm 0.02
6pm 0.05
9am 0.32
10am 0.02
7pm 0.39
10pm 0
5pm 0.01
8am 0
4pm 0.02

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 67
February 61
March 65
April 59
May 16
June 4
July 5
August 4
September 1
October 28
November 30
December 25

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 0.85
Tuesday 0.83
Wednesday 0.9
Thursday 0.94
Friday 0.92
Saturday 1.6
Sunday 0.98

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
Spirit 0
Frontier 0
JetBlue 0
Southwest 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)
11am 13 267 10 294
9pm 13 264 8 289
1pm 16 276 6 297
8pm 13 270 9 292
6pm 16 273 7 298
9am 18 281 13 317
10am 30 281 10 324
7pm 15 279 7 304
10pm 26 288 10 324
5pm 16 249 8 279
8am 22 257 9 288
4pm 15 269 6 298
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.