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LAX Los Angeles ⇄ PHX Phoenix

Los Angeles 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.

Distance595 km370 mi321 nautical miles
LAX → PHX1 h 40 minestimated block time
PHX → LAX1 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hPhoenix vs Los Angeles, today
Great-circle route from Los Angeles (LAX) to Phoenix (PHX)LAXLos AngelesPHXPhoenix
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

LAX → PHX

1 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 94° (E).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Phoenix Sat 7 Nov, 12:40 local.

PHX → LAX

1 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 277° (W).

Leave Phoenix Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:50 local.

The two directions differ by 8 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance595 km · 370 mi · 321 nmi
Initial heading94° (E) from LAX; 277° (W) from PHX
Farthest from the equator33.9°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LAXAmerica/Los_Angeles — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
PHXAmerica/Phoenix — UTC−7 now; UTC−7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferencePhoenix is on the same clock as Los Angeles today; +1 h in January and ±0 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LAX → PHX. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LAX Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles, United States · longest runway 12,894 ft3,930 m PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor International AirportPhoenix, United States · longest runway 11,489 ft3,502 m

More routes from LAX and PHX

LAXLAS Los Angeles – Las Vegas 380 km236 mi · 1 h 25 min LAXDFW Los Angeles – Dallas–Fort Worth 1,983 km1,232 mi · 3 h 05 min JFKLAX New York – Los Angeles 3,974 km2,469 mi · 6 h 05 min LAXAMS Los Angeles – Amsterdam 8,956 km5,565 mi · 10 h 45 min LAXTPE Los Angeles – Taipei 10,922 km6,787 mi · 14 h 40 min LAXSIN Los Angeles – Singapore 14,102 km8,762 mi · 18 h 25 min PHXLAS Phoenix – Las Vegas 411 km256 mi · 1 h 35 min DENPHX Denver – Phoenix 968 km601 mi · 2 h 15 min ORDPHX Chicago – Phoenix 2,313 km1,437 mi · 3 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

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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).