Direct Flights from Sacramento to Phoenix
Phoenix · Arizona
Nonstop service from SMF to PHX on American, Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Phoenix is one of the best-connected places in the country: 120 cities fly there nonstop, Sacramento among them.
How long to go to Phoenix for, from Sacramento
1h 50m in the air, 646 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Phoenix. Two nights works.
With roughly 10 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 Phoenix
Phoenix is the capital of the state of Arizona, the most populous city in the American Southwest. Warm and sunny winter weather have ensured a thriving tourism industry, and the city has become the region's primary political, cultural, economic, and transportation center. Phoenix is extremely hot and dry in the summertime, so always have sunscreen with you! It had about 1,625,000 residents in 2021, and is the fifth largest city in the United States.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Phoenix
- Taliesin West is a studio and home developed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.
- The Arizona State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Arizona and is located in its capital city of Phoenix.
- The Phoenix Zoo opened in 1962 and is the largest privately owned nonprofit zoo in the United States.
- The Heard Museum is a private, not-for-profit museum in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art.
- The Phoenix Art Museum is the largest museum for visual art in the southwest United States. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the museum is 285,000 square feet (26,500 m2).
- The Hohokam Pima National Monument is an ancient Hohokam village within the Gila River Indian Community, near present-day Sacaton, Arizona.
- Desert Botanical Garden is a 140-acre (57 ha) botanical garden located in Papago Park, at 1201 N. Galvin Parkway in Phoenix, central Arizona.
- The Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States. As of 2025, the rector of the cathedral is Monsignor Matthew Henry.
- The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies was founded in 1960, on the Tempe Campus of Arizona State University, and houses the world's largest university-based meteorite collection.
- The St. Stephen Cathedral is a Ruthenian Greek Catholic cathedral located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is the cathedral for the Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix.
- The Arizona State University Art Museum is an art museum operated by Arizona State University, located on its main campus in Tempe, Arizona.
- Mystery Castle is located in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, in the foothills of South Mountain Park. It was built in the 1930s by Boyce Luther Gulley for his daughter Mary Lou Gulley.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Phoenix weather, compared with Sacramento
13° warmer than Sacramento on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Phoenix 68°F · Sacramento 55°F · 12° warmer
- April
- Phoenix 86°F · Sacramento 72°F · 14° warmer
- July
- Phoenix 107°F · Sacramento 93°F · 14° warmer
- October
- Phoenix 89°F · Sacramento 78°F · 11° warmer
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 Phoenix
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Phoenix is November–March, when daytime highs are a comfortable 66–78°F.
- How long to stay
- Phoenix rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Taliesin West, Arizona State Capitol, and Phoenix Zoo and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Sacramento to Phoenix?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Sacramento (SMF) to Phoenix (PHX) on American, Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Sacramento to Phoenix?
- American, Southwest fly nonstop between Sacramento (SMF) and Phoenix (PHX).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Sacramento to Phoenix?
- There are about 10 nonstop departures per day (roughly 70 per week) from Sacramento to Phoenix.
- How far is Phoenix from Sacramento?
- Phoenix is about 646 miles from Sacramento by air.
- What is there to do in Phoenix?
- Popular things to do include Taliesin West, Arizona State Capitol, Phoenix Zoo, Heard Museum, and more.
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