Direct Flights from Phoenix to Yuma
Yuma · Arizona
Nonstop service from PHX to YUM on American. 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 Yuma, and Phoenix is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Yuma for, from Phoenix
50m in the air, 160 miles: short enough that a single night in Yuma is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 4 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Yuma
Yuma is the largest city and county seat of Yuma County, Arizona. It is in the southwest corner of the state, across the Colorado River from California and near two Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Yuma
- The Yuma Territorial Prison is a former prison in Yuma, Arizona, United States, that opened on July 1, 1876, and shut down on September 15, 1909.
- Picacho State Recreation Area is a camping, boating, and general recreation area located on a 9-mile stretch of the lower Colorado River at the site of Picacho, a defunct gold mining town.
- Colorado River State Historic Park, formerly Yuma Crossing State Historic Park and Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park, and now one of the Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites on the National Register of Historic…
- The West Wetlands Park is a public city park in the northwest edge of Yuma, Arizona. It is located along the Colorado River within the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Yuma weather, compared with Phoenix
Within 1° of Phoenix on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Yuma 70°F · Phoenix 68°F · 2° warmer
- April
- Yuma 86°F · Phoenix 86°F · much the same
- July
- Yuma 107°F · Phoenix 107°F · much the same
- October
- Yuma 91°F · Phoenix 89°F · much the same
July averages 107°F, hot enough to plan the middle of the day around.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Yuma
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Yuma is November–March, when daytime highs are a comfortable 67–80°F.
- How long to stay
- A long weekend is plenty of time to see Yuma, including Yuma Territorial Prison, Picacho State Recreation Area, and Colorado River State Historic Park.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Phoenix to Yuma?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Phoenix (PHX) to Yuma (YUM) on American.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Phoenix to Yuma?
- American flies nonstop between Phoenix (PHX) and Yuma (YUM).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Phoenix to Yuma?
- There are about 4 nonstop departures per day (roughly 28 per week) from Phoenix to Yuma.
- How far is Yuma from Phoenix?
- Yuma is about 160 miles from Phoenix by air.
- What is there to do in Yuma?
- Popular things to do include Yuma Territorial Prison, Picacho State Recreation Area, Colorado River State Historic Park, West Wetlands Park, and more.
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