There are 9 ways to get from Richmond to Phoenix by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train, bus, car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Richmond International Airport
best- Fly from Richmond International Airport (RIC) to Phoenix (PHX)plane RIC - PHX
7h 24m$180–600Bus
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Stationbus
- Take the bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Phoenix Bus Stationbus
2d 5h$371–721Train, bus via Flagstaff
- Take the train from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Flagstafftrain
- Take the bus from Flagstaff Train Station to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport/44th Street Sky Train Stationbus
2d 10h$803–1,740Drive 2,225 mi
- Drive from Richmond to Phoenixcar 2,225 mi
36h 19m$407–587Bus to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Phoenix (PHX)plane DCA - PHX
8h 15m$280–1,138Bus to Norfolk International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Richmond to Norfolkbus
- Fly from Norfolk International Airport (ORF) to Phoenix (PHX)plane ORF - PHX
8h 56m$192–746Bus, train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Phoenix (PHX)plane BWI - PHX
8h 37m$198–1,331Bus, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Phoenix (PHX)plane IAD - PHX
8h 56m$220–687Train, bus
- Take the train from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Tucson Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Tucson Downtown to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport/44th Street Sky Train Stationbus
3d 10h$998–2,130
Richmond to Phoenix by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Richmond to Phoenix is to fly which costs $180 - $600 and takes 7h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Richmond to Phoenix is to fly which takes 7h 24m and costs $180 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Richmond to Phoenix station. However, there are services departing from Richmond and arriving at Phoenix Bus Station via Washington Union Station, Pittsburgh Intermodal Station and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Richmond and Phoenix is 1984 miles. The road distance is 2238 miles.
The best way to get from Richmond to Phoenix without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 5h and costs $370 - $750.
It takes approximately 7h 24m to get from Richmond to Phoenix, including transfers.
Richmond to Phoenix bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Richmond station.
The best way to get from Richmond to Phoenix is to fly which takes 7h 24m and costs $180 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $370 - $750 and takes 2 days 5h.
Richmond to Phoenix bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Washington Union Station.
Phoenix is 3h behind Richmond. It is currently 8:12 PM in Richmond and 5:12 PM in Phoenix.
What companies run services between Richmond, VA, USA and Phoenix, AZ, USA?
Breeze Airways, Southwest Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Richmond International Airport (RIC) to Phoenix (PHX) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Richmond to Phoenix Bus Station via Washington Union Station, Pittsburgh Intermodal Station, and St Louis Bus Station in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Phoenix via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Phoenix via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Phoenix via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Phoenix via Will Rogers World
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Phoenix via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Phoenix via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Phoenix via Omaha
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Phoenix via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Phoenix via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Phoenix via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Phoenix via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Phoenix via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Phoenix via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Phoenix via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Phoenix via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Phoenix via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Phoenix via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Phoenix via Will Rogers World
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Phoenix via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Phoenix via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Phoenix via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Phoenix via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Norfolk International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Phoenix via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Flagstaff
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Tucson Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Washington Union Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–180
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Phoenix Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $230–440
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Washington Union Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Flagstaff Train Station to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport/44th Street Sky Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Tucson Downtown to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport/44th Street Sky Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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