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DEN Denver ⇄ PHX Phoenix

Denver International Airport (United States) and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance968 km601 mi523 nautical miles
DEN → PHX2 h 15 minestimated block time
PHX → DEN2 h 05 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hPhoenix vs Denver, today
Great-circle route from Denver (DEN) to Phoenix (PHX)DENDenverPHXPhoenix
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

DEN → PHX

2 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 225° (SW).

Leave Denver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Phoenix Sat 7 Nov, 12:15 local.

PHX → DEN

2 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 40° (NE).

Leave Phoenix Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Denver Sat 7 Nov, 12:05 local.

The two directions differ by 9 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance968 km · 601 mi · 523 nmi
Initial heading225° (SW) from DEN; 40° (NE) from PHX
Farthest from the equator39.9°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip5% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DENAmerica/Denver — UTC−6 now; UTC−7 standard time, UTC−6 during daylight saving time
PHXAmerica/Phoenix — UTC−7 now; UTC−7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferencePhoenix is 1 hour behind Denver today; ±0 h in January and −1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DEN → PHX. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

DEN Denver International AirportDenver, United States · longest runway 16,000 ft4,877 m PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportPhoenix, United States · longest runway 11,489 ft3,502 m

More routes from DEN and PHX

DENLAS Denver – Las Vegas 1,009 km627 mi · 2 h 20 min LAXDEN Los Angeles – Denver 1,385 km861 mi · 2 h 30 min SFODEN San Francisco – Denver 1,553 km965 mi · 2 h 40 min ATLDEN Atlanta – Denver 1,927 km1,197 mi · 3 h 30 min JFKDEN New York – Denver 2,610 km1,622 mi · 4 h 20 min DENFRA Denver – Frankfurt 8,089 km5,026 mi · 9 h 45 min PHXLAS Phoenix – Las Vegas 411 km256 mi · 1 h 35 min LAXPHX Los Angeles – Phoenix 595 km370 mi · 1 h 40 min ORDPHX Chicago – Phoenix 2,313 km1,437 mi · 3 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRBER London – Berlin 961 km597 mi · 2 h 05 min ATLORD Atlanta – Chicago 976 km607 mi · 2 h 10 min ATLMIA Atlanta – Miami 959 km596 mi · 2 h 05 min LHRCPH London – Copenhagen 979 km609 mi · 2 h 05 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).