San Francisco to Phoenix (SFO–PHX) — Airlines, Schedules & Connections
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No nonstop flights on this route. connecting options below.
SFO–PHX is served by 8 airlines with nonstop service. United Airlines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines lead the route. The flight covers 650 miles in approximately 1h 44m. Beyond nonstop, 172 hubs offer 1-stop connections.
Airline Landscape
| Airline | Freq/wk | Aircraft | Duration | Dep OTP | Alliance | Codeshares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines Also: AC, AZ, CM, EK, LX, VA | 78 | 738, 739, 7M8, 7M9, B38M, E7W | 1h55-2h28 | Star Alliance | AC, AZ, CM, EK, LX, VA | |
| AA American Airlines Also: FJ, QR | 58 | 320, 321, 738, 7M8, E75, E75L | 1h44-2h20 | Oneworld | FJ, QR | |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 22 | 73H, 7M8, 7S7, B38M | 1h53-2h10 | – | – | |
| F9 Frontier Also: Y4 | 12 | 32N | 2h11-2h12 | – | Y4 | |
| QF Qantas | 3 | E75 | 2h15 | Oneworld | – | |
| AS Alaska Airlines Also: QR | 0 | – | – | Oneworld | QR | |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 0 | – | – | SkyTeam | – | |
| LF FlyNordic | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Weekly Schedule Pattern
Connection Landscape
Other ways to reach Phoenix from San Francisco
| Metric | SFO→PHX | OAK→PHX | SJC→PHX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance from SFO | – | 11 mi | 30 mi |
| Nonstop airlines | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Weekly flights | 283 | 42 | 126 |
| Flight time | 1h 44m | 1h 45m | 1h 24m |
| Departure OTP | 64% | – | – |
Travel Essentials
SFO: PDT · PHX: MST
When it's 6:00 PM in San Francisco, it's 6:00 PM in Phoenix.
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) runs from downtown San Francisco (Embarcadero, Powell St.) to the SFO station and then a free AirTrain shuttle to all terminals (30–40 min from Embarcadero, $10.45). BART also connects Oakland and Berkeley; useful for East Bay travelers. Trains run from ~4am to midnight.Taxis from downtown San Francisco cost $40–60. Ride-hails (Uber, Lyft) pick up in the designated area in the garage and are often $30–50 depending on surge pricing. SamTrans buses serve Peninsula cities. Highway 101 and I-280 are heavily congested during commute hours; BART is faster than driving at those times.
PHX Sky Train (free, 24h) connects T3 and T4 to the 44th Street/Washington light rail station in 5 minutes. Valley Metro Rail reaches downtown Phoenix in 20 minutes ($2). Uber and Lyft pick up at Ground Transportation on the lower level; follow signs. Taxis are metered; downtown Phoenix costs $20–30.Rental car agencies are consolidated in the Rental Car Center; the Sky Train connects there from both terminals without going to the street. For Scottsdale, Tempe, or Chandler, ride-hails are practical ($25–50). Express buses serve some suburban destinations.
Hot desert climate. Summers (June–September) are extreme. Daytime temperatures regularly exceed 43°C, occasionally reaching 48°C. Heat alone rarely cancels flights, but density altitude affects small aircraft performance. Monsoon season (July–mid-September) brings dramatic dust storms (haboob) that close the airport when they hit, plus intense flash-flooding thunderstorms that ground departures for 30–90 minutes.
Winters are exceptionally mild (10–22°C) with virtually no precipitation and near-constant sunshine. PHX has one of the lowest weather cancellation rates of any major US airport from November through April. Spring and fall are pleasant; late May and early June are hot and dry before monsoon arrives.
SFO–PHX Quick Facts
Frequently Asked Questions
San Francisco to Phoenix: Two Sun Belt Giants
SFO-PHX is a high-frequency West Coast shuttle market with United, American, Southwest, and Alaska all competing on nonstops. United leads frequency given its SFO hub position, with four to six daily departures. American adds three to four nonstops. Block time is one hour 40 minutes eastbound. The 650-mile sector is one of the shorter long-haul domestic routes, operable on A319 and Boeing 737-700 narrowbodies efficiently. Demand drivers include Bay Area tech workers with Phoenix offices, Arizona retirees visiting Bay Area family, spring training baseball traffic in March, and the Phoenix-Scottsdale winter resort season running November through April.
Hub Context and Connections
San Francisco International is United's Pacific gateway and one of the busiest US airports for transpacific departures to Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Sydney. Phoenix Sky Harbor is American's fourth-largest domestic hub. For a Phoenix passenger connecting internationally, SFO is a meaningful option when the onward destination is a United Pacific route, since PHX does not have its own transpacific nonstops. American offers international connections from PHX primarily to London Heathrow, Paris CDG, Frankfurt, and extensive Latin American destinations. SFO's International Terminal (the Harvey Milk Terminal) is not directly connected to domestic concourses without re-clearing security, so domestic-to-international connections require a terminal change at SFO; allow 75 minutes minimum.'\2