Route profile
PHX→MIA
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Phoenix to Miami, 1,972 miles.
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Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 77% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 5,545 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
PHX → MIA arrives on time 81.7% of the time; the return trip, MIA → PHX, arrives on time 76.0% of the time, a 5.8-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
PHX → MIA spends 27.2 minutes on the ground on a 1,972-mile trip: 17.6 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at PHX and 9.6 minutes from touchdown to gate at MIA.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What sets this route apart
Where PHX to MIA differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
PHX to MIA is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 12 AM: 93.3% arrive on time, 13.2 points ahead of the 80.1% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 11.8 points.
PHX to MIA struggles most at 8 AM: 77.7% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 6.2 points behind the 83.9% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 8.2 points.
PHX to MIA holds up on Saturdays better than routes of similar length do: 84.3% on time to their 79.3%, a 5 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 5.2 points.
May is kinder to PHX to MIA than to routes of similar length: 84.2% on time against 76.5%, 7.7 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 9 points.
American Airlines does better on PHX to MIA than on its routes of similar length: 81.7% on time here, 77.9% there, 3.8 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 6.6 points.
PHX to MIA against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 12 AM departures | 93.3% | routes of similar length | 80.1% | +13.2 pts | 134 here, 8,212 there |
| Hour: 8 AM departures | 77.7% | routes of similar length | 83.9% | −6.2 pts | 552 here, 77,846 there |
| Weekday: Saturday | 84.3% | routes of similar length | 79.3% | +5.0 pts | 792 here, 148,133 there |
| Month: May | 84.2% | routes of similar length | 76.5% | +7.7 pts | 486 here, 93,772 there |
| Airline: American Airlines | 81.7% | routes of similar length | 77.9% | +3.8 pts | 5,482 here, 228,344 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 1,972 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
PHX to MIA in context
This route against PHX and MIA as a whole, against similar routes from PHX, and against its own first year, July 2023 – July 2026.
Arriving at MIA, PHX to MIA is on time 81.7% of the time, 4.9 points better than the airport’s other arrivals at MIA (76.8%, from 328,776 flights).
PHX to MIA arrived on time 78.4% of the time in its latest twelve months (August 2025 to July 2026), 4 points below the 82.4% of its first twelve (July 2023 to June 2024).
Of the 5,315 flights scheduled in hours with at least 120 flights, 11 PM is the busiest hour with 998 (18.8%), 85.4% of them on time, and 9 PM the quietest with 131 (2.5%), 86.0% of them on time.
Airport comparisons take this route’s flights out of the airport total. Length means within 15% of this route’s distance, with at least 3 other routes from the same origin. On-time gaps are stated at 2 points and 2 standard errors, cancellation gaps at 0.5 points and 2 standard errors, and every group needs 750 flights. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
33 min late
against a median of 8 min early
Percentiles over 5,545 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at MIA after arriving from PHX.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 33% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 18% | High risk |
| 60 min | 11% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 5.3% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 3.0% | Low risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 0.76% of the time and diverts 0.38% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 5,482 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 33 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 5,545 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
PHX → MIA flights departing 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87.5% of the time, against 75.1% for 12–3 PM departures, a gap of 12.4 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM: 93.3% on time from 136 flights
- 1 AM to 7 AM: too few flights to score
- 8 AM: 77.7% on time from 561 flights
- 9 AM: 87.7% on time from 565 flights
- 10 AM to 11 AM: too few flights to score
- 12 PM: 74.7% on time from 661 flights
- 1 PM: 75.7% on time from 312 flights
- 2 PM: 75.3% on time from 260 flights
- 3 PM: 79.8% on time from 289 flights
- 4 PM: 75.7% on time from 520 flights
- 5 PM to 8 PM: too few flights to score
- 9 PM: 86.0% on time from 131 flights
- 10 PM: 86.1% on time from 882 flights
- 11 PM: 85.4% on time from 998 flights
Why PHX → MIA runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for PHX → MIA. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 5,545 | 81.7% | 0.76% | -8 min | 5.3% |
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 8.6 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 82.7%
- Feb: 88.2%
- Mar: 76.0%
- Apr: 85.0%
- May: 84.2%
- Jun: 78.0%
- Jul: 69.3%
- Aug: 77.1%
- Sep: 89.1%
- Oct: 87.1%
- Nov: 83.8%
- Dec: 84.7%
July is historically the weakest month and September the strongest, a spread of 19.8 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: 75.4% from 124 flights
- August 2023: 79.7% from 124 flights
- September 2023: 86.4% from 120 flights
- October 2023: 87.8% from 148 flights
- November 2023: 84.1% from 145 flights
- December 2023: 88.2% from 152 flights
- January 2024: 80.0% from 155 flights
- February 2024: 93.1% from 144 flights
- March 2024: 73.7% from 157 flights
- April 2024: 82.6% from 150 flights
- May 2024: 80.0% from 156 flights
- June 2024: 76.5% from 124 flights
- July 2024: 73.6% from 151 flights
- August 2024: 72.1% from 129 flights
- September 2024: 91.9% from 124 flights
- October 2024: 89.2% from 150 flights
- November 2024: 90.3% from 155 flights
- December 2024: 83.7% from 166 flights
- January 2025: 88.2% from 161 flights
- February 2025: 86.2% from 152 flights
- March 2025: 82.0% from 185 flights
- April 2025: 81.7% from 177 flights
- May 2025: 91.8% from 160 flights
- June 2025: 86.0% from 150 flights
- July 2025: 77.6% from 154 flights
- August 2025: 79.4% from 128 flights
- September 2025: too few flights to score (99)
- October 2025: 84.4% from 147 flights
- November 2025: 76.4% from 143 flights
- December 2025: 82.5% from 160 flights
- January 2026: 79.6% from 159 flights
- February 2026: 85.7% from 155 flights
- March 2026: 72.0% from 187 flights
- April 2026: 90.3% from 177 flights
- May 2026: 80.8% from 173 flights
- June 2026: 71.3% from 150 flights
- July 2026: 51.7% from 154 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 78.3% against 85.0% in the 12 months before — declining by 6.7 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 5,545 PHX → MIA flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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