Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Arizona (AZ) and Phoenix, Arizona. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.
Flight distance: 45 miles or 73 km
Flight time: 35 minutes
The straight line flight distance is 22 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.5x of the flight distance.
Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/4th of the time it would take to drive.
This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination.
Arizona to Phoenix road trip
Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Phoenix, and you want to stop on the way to explore. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting places along the way, or maybe eat at a great restaurant. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.
Road trip: 1 day of driving
With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.
Travel time: 3 hours on the road
Itinerary
Start at Arizona.
Drive for about 48 minutes, then stop at Salt River Canyon Wilderness and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1 hour then stop in Apache Junction and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 34 minutes then stop in Scottsdale and stay for 1 hour.
Finally, drive for about 29 minutes and arrive in Phoenix.
To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:
Distance from Arizona to Phoenix is 113 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 70 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Arizona and Phoenix is 113 km= 70 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Arizona to Phoenix, It takes 0.13 hours to arrive.
The distance from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Phoenix, Arizona is:
5 miles / 8 km driving
4 miles / 6 km flying
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Distance from PHX to Phoenix, AZ
The total driving distance from PHX to Phoenix, AZ is 5 miles or 8 kilometers.
The total straight line flight distance from PHX to Phoenix, AZ is 4 miles.
This is equivalent to 6 kilometers or 3 nautical miles.
Your trip begins at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. It ends in Phoenix, Arizona.
Your flight direction from PHX to Phoenix, AZ is West (-75 degrees from North).
The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from PHX to Phoenix, AZ. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance ("as the crow flies") and the driving distance if the route is drivable. It uses all this data to compute the total travel mileage.
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