Denver⇄Phoenix

DEN ⇄ PHX · Denver International Airport ⇄ Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
2.4M
Combined Passengers, 2025
6
Airlines
1h 54m
Avg Flight Time
77%
Avg Load Factor
~61
Flights / Week, Both Ways

Airlines serving this route

Every carrier flying DEN ⇄ PHX nonstop, combining both directions, ranked by passenger share.

WN
41%
0 flights DEN→PHX · 25 flights PHX→DEN
UA
29%
0 flights DEN→PHX · 8 flights PHX→DEN
F9
20%
5 flights DEN→PHX · 6 flights PHX→DEN
AA
9%
4 flights DEN→PHX · 4 flights PHX→DEN
MQ
1%
2 flights DEN→PHX · 0 flights PHX→DEN
OO
0%
4 flights DEN→PHX · 3 flights PHX→DEN

Aircraft flown on this route

Which airplane types operate DEN ⇄ PHX, based on official reporting across both directions.

Boeing 737-800B738
27%
Boeing 737 MAX 8B38M
22%
Boeing 737-700B737
15%
Airbus A321neoA20N
10%
Boeing 737-900ERB739
9%
Airbus A320neoA20N
8%
Airbus A321A321
4%
Airbus A320A320
4%

Flight schedules

Live nonstop schedules in both directions. Switch tabs to see the return leg.

AA 4 flights
FlightDepartsDuration
AA 3091 6:00am 1h 58m
AA 1332 12:21pm 1h 57m
AA 1404 8:05am 2h 27m
AA 2602 12:17pm 1h 53m
MQ 2 flights
FlightDepartsDuration
MQ 4040 6:00am 2h 7m
MQ 4104 3:45pm 2h 5m
OO 4 flights
FlightDepartsDuration
OO 9910 7:00am 2h 20m
OO 9915 1:00pm 2h 0m
OO 4944 6:46pm 2h 10m
OO 6351 5:30pm 2h 10m
F9 5 flights
FlightDepartsDuration
F9 1375 7:12am 1h 58m
F9 2105 2:10pm 1h 59m
F9 2141 6:44pm 2h 2m
F9 4753 10:44pm 2h 4m
F9 4765 4:10pm 2h 7m

Seasonal traffic pattern

Combined passenger volume by month across both directions, showing which months run busiest.

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Peak month: Mar, both directions combined

Route Intelligence

Independent metrics on how stable, scarce, and competitive this route is, built from multi-year performance data back to 2022.

2026 Pace

Jan–Jun 2026 vs. the same months in 2025 — a partial-year comparison, not a projection or a full-year total.
Passengers, both directions (DEN ⇄ PHX)
2025
1.2M
2026
1.3M
▲ 1.6% more passengers than the same period last year
Load Factor, both directions (DEN ⇄ PHX)
2025
75.6%
2026
78.3%
▲ 2.7pt higher than the same period last year
Route Scarcity
Oversupplied
Avg Load Factor (3yr)
78.8%
Carrier Count
4 airlines
Currently serving DEN → PHX
F9 Stable Minor Year-Round
Stability
90.4/100
Market Share
20.0%
Years Live
6/6
AA Stable Minor Year-Round
Stability
75.9/100
Market Share
9.3%
Years Live
6/6
MQ Watch Minor Highly Seasonal
Stability
59/100
Market Share
0.9%
Years Live
2/6
OO At Risk Minor Semi-Seasonal
Stability
38/100
Market Share
0.1%
Years Live
6/6
Previously flew this leg · no longer active
UA United Airlines
Stability
85.9/100
Peak Share
28.8%
Years Live
Exited
WN Southwest Airlines
Stability
83.2/100
Peak Share
40.9%
Years Live
Exited
DL Delta Air Lines
Stability
55.8/100
Peak Share
0.0%
Years Live
Exited
09Q 09Q
Stability
50.9/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
C5 CommuteAir
Stability
45/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
NK Spirit Airlines
Stability
42/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
AC Air Canada
Stability
40.3/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
5Y Atlas Air
Stability
40/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
G4 Allegiant Air
Stability
40/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
MX Breeze Airways
Stability
40/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
B6 JetBlue Airways
Stability
34/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
GL Air Greenland
Stability
34/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
YV Mesa Airlines
Stability
31/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
AX AERgO International
Stability
29/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
RV Air Canada rouge
Stability
29/100
Peak Share
N/A
Years Live
Exited
Year-Round Route
Operates ~12 months per year on average (WN)
Has operated 6 of the last 6 years

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About the Denver–Phoenix Route

A look at why DEN to PHX carries the traffic it does, who flies it, and what to expect onboard.

Denver to Phoenix connects two of the busiest hub airports in the Southwest and Mountain regions, and the traffic reflects that hub-to-hub character: a meaningful share of passengers are connecting onward rather than starting or ending their trip at either airport. United and Southwest both run it as a core route in their network, with Southwest in particular using it as a building block for connections across its point-to-point system. The roughly two-hour flight time and steady year-round demand, winter ski traffic into Denver balanced against winter sun-seeker traffic into Phoenix, keeps load factors stable across seasons in a way that purely leisure-driven routes rarely achieve.

How long is the flight from Denver to Phoenix?

Nonstop flights from Denver to Phoenix take approximately 2 hours. The route crosses a single time zone, and block times stay consistent across airlines and seasons.

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