In-air flight time: 22 minutes
From gate to gate: 42 minutes
Constant 500 mph: 12 minutes

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Flying time from PHX to Tucson, AZ

The total flight duration from PHX to Tucson, AZ is 22 minutes.

This is the average in-air flight time (wheels up to wheels down on the runway) based on actual flights taken over the past year, including routes like PHX to TUS. It covers the entire time on a typical commercial flight including take-off and landing.

If you're planning a trip, you should also factor in extra time for the plane to pull back from the gate and taxi to the runway, as well as reaching the destination gate after landing. If you include this extra time on the tarmac, the average total elapsed time from gate to gate flying from PHX to Tucson, AZ is 42 minutes.

Finally, pilots might want to estimate the flight time using an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/h or 434 knots. If you don't add any extra time to increase or decrease speed for take-off and landing, then at constant speed your flight time would be 12 minutes.

If you're booking a flight, make sure you check the scheduled departure and arrival times. You should also factor in airport wait times and possible equipment or weather delays. If you're trying to figure out what time you'll arrive at the destination, you may want to see if there's a time difference between PHX and Tucson, AZ.

The calculation of flight time is based on the straight line distance from PHX to Tucson, AZ ("as the crow flies"), which is about 103 miles or 166 kilometers.

Your trip begins at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona.
It ends in Tucson, Arizona.

Your flight direction from PHX to Tucson, AZ is Southeast (144 degrees from North).

The flight time calculator measures the average flight duration between points. It uses the great circle formula to compute the travel mileage.

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