There are 8 ways to get from San Francisco to Phoenix by plane, subway, bus, train, taxi, car, or shuttle
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Fly from San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Phoenix (PHX)plane SFO - PHX
3h 34m$95–242BART, bus via Modesto
cheapest- Take the subway from Civic Center / UN Plaza to Dublin / Pleasantonsubway
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exibus 90
- Take the bus from Modesto to Phoenix Bus Stationbus
19h 46m$69–96BART, bus
- Take the subway from Civic Center / UN Plaza to Berryessa / North San Josesubway Green-N
- Take the bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Phoenixbus San Jose
18h 19m$106–156Train, taxi (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Oakland to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Maricopa Amtraktrain
- Take the taxi from Maricopa Amtrak to Baseline/Central Avetaxi
23h 11m$310–626Drive 749.6 mi
- Drive from San Francisco to Phoenixcar 749.6 mi
12h 14m$137–198Fly from Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Phoenix (PHX)plane OAK - PHX
3h 38m$326–458Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Phoenix (PHX)plane SJC - PHX
4h 33m$192–254Shuttle to Sonoma County Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from San Francisco Pier 27 to Santa Rosa Airport
- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Phoenix (PHX)plane STS - PHX
4h 58m$75–320
San Francisco to Phoenix by subway and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Phoenix is to BART and bus via Modesto which costs $65 - $100 and takes 19h 46m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Phoenix is to fly which takes 3h 34m and costs $95 - $250.
The distance between San Francisco and Phoenix is 671 miles. The road distance is 753.9 miles.
The best way to get from San Francisco to Phoenix without a car is to BART and bus which takes 18h 19m and costs $100 - $160.
It takes approximately 3h 34m to get from San Francisco to Phoenix, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between San Francisco to Phoenix is 754 miles. It takes approximately 12h 14m to drive from San Francisco to Phoenix.
There are 2815+ hotels available in Phoenix.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Phoenix, AZ, USA?
Frontier Airlines, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Phoenix (PHX) hourly.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–290
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–290
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–300
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix via Long Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix via Long Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix via Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–270
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–280
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–270
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–290
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–260
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–290
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Civic Center / UN Plaza to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- BART
Subway from Civic Center / UN Plaza to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- BART
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Oakland to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Maricopa Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–250
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- Tufesa
Bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $120–160
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- [email protected]
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $95–140
- Titanium
- $108–113
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Shuttle from San Francisco Pier 27 to Santa Rosa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25–65
- Website
- Groome Transportation
- First Passenger
- $25–65
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- [email protected]
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Modesto to Phoenix Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Estimated price
- $75–90
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