How far is Laveen from Phoenix? About 15 miles and roughly 20 to 30 minutes door to door from Sky Harbor in normal traffic, southwest into the South Phoenix village set against the slopes of South Mountain. Laveen has grown from farmland into one of the fastest-growing residential areas in the city, a grid of new subdivisions, Baseline Road shopping corridors, and rural-edge ranchettes all sitting south of the Salt River. Commuters with Sky Harbor flights, families in the new-build subdivisions, visitors to the South Mountain trailheads, and travelers staging near the Gila River community...