Flight Report

ADS-B radar data captured 1,882 flights at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport across October 4 and 5, 2025, averaging 39.2 flights per hour around the clock. Traffic ran continuously from midnight through 23:59 MST. The split was 906 arrivals, 952 departures, and 24 touch-and-goes, across 789 unique aircraft. The busiest single hour was 14:00 MST with 141 movements. Morning activity built quickly from near-zero overnight into a sustained peak between 07:00 and 12:00, with 10:00 producing the highest departure count of any hour at 92. The 18:00 hour saw 75 arrivals, the second-highest arrival figure of the day behind 14:00's 84. Denver led all routes with 66 total movements (33 arrivals, 33 departures), followed by Los Angeles at 57 and Seattle-Tacoma at 56. Las Vegas and Salt Lake City rounded out the top five. ENE was the dominant approach direction at 212 counts, with W second at 138. Departure headings followed the same order, ENE at 237 and W at 151. Of 789 unique aircraft, 765 were registered in the United States, with 15 from Canada and a small number from France, Great Britain, and unclassified registrations. Altitude data spanned from ground level to a peak of 46,950 feet, recorded on a departure to Cape Cod Gateway Airport (HYA) by N827DD. Average altitude across all tracked points was 18,140 feet. The highest concentration of ADS-B position points fell in the 35,000 to 39,000 foot range. The longest flight by distance was an arrival from Atlanta covering 3,337.8 nautical miles over 12 hours and 55 minutes, flown by N652AW. Total distance across all flights reached 1,413,659.6 nautical miles, with an average leg of 751.1 nautical miles and average duration of 139.2 minutes.