Direct Flights from Phoenix to Moab
Moab · Utah
Nonstop service from PHX to CNY on Contour. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 2 cities fly direct to Moab, and Phoenix is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Moab for, from Phoenix
1h 15m in the air, 388 miles: short enough that a single night in Moab is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
Moab is 3,422 ft higher than Phoenix, at 4,557 ft. Enough that a first-day hike or a hard workout will feel harder than it does at home, and enough that alcohol goes further.
About Moab
Moab is a town in the Utah's Canyon Country and a gateway to the nearby Arches National Park and other attractions in Canyon Country.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Moab
- Jericho is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and the capital of the Jericho Governorate. The city is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west.
- The Western Wall is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount of Jerusalem.
- The Temple Institute, known in Hebrew as Machon HaMikdash, is an organization in Israel focusing on establishing the Third Temple.
- Masada is a mountain-top fortress complex in the Judaean Desert, overlooking the western shore of the Dead Sea in southeastern Israel.
- The City of David, known locally mostly in Arabic as Wadi Hilweh, is the name given to an archaeological site considered by most scholars to be the original settlement core of Jerusalem during the Bronze and Iron Ages.
- As-Salt, also known as Salt, is an ancient trading city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem.
- Qumran is an archaeological site in the West Bank managed by Israel's Qumran National Park.
- Al-Maghtas, officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by Jo…
- Umm ar-Rasas is located 30 km southeast of Madaba in the Amman Governorate in central Jordan.
- The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele dated around 840 BCE containing a significant Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha of Moab.
- Ein Gedi, also spelled En Gedi, meaning "spring of the kid", is an oasis and a nature reserve in Israel, located west of the Dead Sea, near Masada and the Qumran Caves.
- Aelia Capitolina was a Roman colony founded during the Roman emperor Hadrian's visit to Judaea in 129/130 CE. It was founded on the ruins of Jerusalem, which had been almost totally razed after the siege of 70 CE.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Moab weather, compared with Phoenix
20° cooler than Phoenix on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Moab 36°F · Phoenix 68°F · 32° colder
- April
- Moab 67°F · Phoenix 86°F · 18° colder
- July
- Moab 96°F · Phoenix 107°F · 11° colder
- October
- Moab 68°F · Phoenix 89°F · 21° colder
January bottoms out near 36°F — a real coat, not a layer. Moab also swings harder through the year than Phoenix does — 60° between its coldest and warmest months against 40°.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Moab
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Moab is April–May and October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 67–77°F.
- How long to stay
- Moab rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Jericho, Western Wall, and Temple Institute and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Phoenix to Moab?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Phoenix (PHX) to Moab (CNY) on Contour.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Phoenix to Moab?
- Contour flies nonstop between Phoenix (PHX) and Moab (CNY).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Phoenix to Moab?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Phoenix to Moab.
- How far is Moab from Phoenix?
- Moab is about 388 miles from Phoenix by air.
- What is there to do in Moab?
- Popular things to do include Jericho, Western Wall, Temple Institute, Masada, and more.
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