BUR to PHX flight delays
BUR PHX Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope to Phoenix Sky Harbor · 369 miles
9,595 flights were scheduled from BUR to PHX over July 2023 through June 2026. Of the 9,500 that made the trip, 85.4% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. These are arrival figures: “on time” means the flight reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Arrivals are what decide whether you make the connection, so route and airline pages are scored on them rather than on pushback.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The route in brief
- Flights in the window
- 9,595
- Arrived on time
- 85.4%
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Scheduled distance
- 369 miles
Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled. Diverted flights are counted with them rather than as very late arrivals, which is why the on-time share and the cancellation rate do not add up to everything that happened.
Airline by airline
Airlines with at least 100 flights on BUR–PHX, busiest first. Same route, same weather, same air traffic — which makes this the fairest comparison on the site.
| Airline | Arrived on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 86.1% | 55 min | 1% | 6,638 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 84.2% | 113 min | 0.8% | 1,514 |
| American Airlines | 83.4% | 158 min | 0.2% | 869 |
| Envoy Air | 83.3% | 87 min | 0.6% | 500 |
Month by month
October was the month to avoid on BUR–PHX: 81.6% of flights arrived on time, against 88.5% in April. Each bar pools three years of that calendar month.
| Month | Share flights that arrived on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 87.4% | 753 |
| February | 88.1% | 713 |
| March | 84% | 863 |
| April | 88.5% | 814 |
| May | 85% | 832 |
| June | 85.5% | 780 |
| July | 85% | 813 |
| August | 85.8% | 785 |
| September | 87.8% | 754 |
| October | 81.6% | 828 |
| November | 83.1% | 818 |
| December | 83.7% | 842 |
Both ends of the route
A route’s record is built out of two airports’ habits. The hour-by-hour grid for each is on its own page.
BUR to PHX in one number
BUR → PHX
When a flight on this route was late, it was late by about 78 min.
Questions about BUR to PHX
- Which airline is most reliable from BUR to PHX?
- Southwest Airlines — its flights on this pairing arrived on time 86.1% of the time, with 6,638 scheduled. Envoy Air came in at 83.3% over 500 scheduled. Airlines with fewer than 100 flights on the route are not rated.
- What is the worst month to fly BUR to PHX?
- October, at 81.6% of arrivals on time, with 828 flights scheduled. April was the best of the year at 88.5%.
- How late are BUR–PHX flights when they are late?
- 78 min on average, counting only the flights that arrived 15 minutes or more behind schedule. The on-time flights are left out of that average on purpose — mixing them in would flatter it.
- How often is the BUR to PHX flight cancelled?
- 0.9% of scheduled flights on this route were cancelled, July 2023 through June 2026. Diverted flights are counted with the cancellations rather than as late arrivals.
- Are these departure or arrival numbers?
- Arrival. A flight counts as on time here if it reached the gate at PHX less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Airport pages score departures instead, because that is the number you can act on when you pick a booking time.