Great-circle route IAH → PHX. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Houston to Phoenix is approximately 2h 34m nonstop. The distance is 1,007 miles (1,621 km). There are about 13 nonstop flights from Houston to Phoenix per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAH → PHX George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport |
2h 34m | 1,007 mi | 56/wk | American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| HOU → PHX William P Hobby Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport |
2h 36m | 1,018 mi | 34/wk | Southwest Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
4 airlines fly nonstop from Houston to Phoenix, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A319, Boeing 737-800 and 1 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Houston to Phoenix is 1,007 miles, or 1,621 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,007 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,621 km |
| Nautical miles | 875 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 90 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 34m in the air on the IAH–PHX nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,007-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
1,007 miles (1,621 km) great-circle between George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A319, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
IAH to PHX, HOU to PHX. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
