Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

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Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
IATA: PHX - ICAO: KPHX - FAA: PHX
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator City of Phoenix
Serves Phoenix, Arizona
Elevation AMSL 1,135 ft (345.9 m)
Coordinates 33°26′03″N, 112°00′42″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 11,489 3,502 Concrete
7L/25R 10,300 3,139 Asphalt
7R/25L 7,800 2,377 Concrete
PHX redirects here. For other uses of PHX, see PHX (disambiguation).

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (IATA: PHX, ICAO: KPHX, FAA LID: PHX) is a public airport located three miles (4.8 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Phoenix, a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. It is Arizona's main international airport and one of the largest aviation facilities in the American Southwest.

Sky Harbor has been operating under its unique name since prior to 1935, when it was purchased by the City of Phoenix. In the 1950s it was serviced by four airline companies. Today, it serves as a hub for US Airways, and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has a large, hub-like focus city operation here.

In 2005, the airport served 41.2 million passengers, making it the eighth largest in the United States[1], and fourteenth largest airport in the world,[2] in terms of passengers. Sky Harbor has grown so rapidly that Phoenix is in the process of utilizing Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa as a secondary airport.

Sky Harbor's private airplane area also serves as one of eight service centers for the Medevac airline Air Evac.

A new air traffic control tower is under construction. When it is completed in 2007, it will be the tallest structure in the airport complex, at 335 feet (102 m).

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[edit] Terminals, Airlines and Destinations

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has three terminals, which are numbered 2, 3 and 4. Terminal 1, the original terminal from 1952, was torn down in 1990. The airport administration states that the designation Terminal 1 has been "retired," similar to the number of a famous athlete, and that it did not wish to renumber the other terminals since passengers were already familiar with the numbers in place.

Free wireless Internet access is available in all terminals.

[edit] Terminal 2

Terminal 2, opened in 1962, provides 16 gates on 1 concourse, and the Red Carpet Club, operated by United Airlines.

Gates C, D, 1 - 5, 6A, 6B, 7 - 13

[edit] Terminal 3

Terminal 3 opened in 1979 and provides 16 gates on 2 concourses, as well is the Crown Room Club, operated by Delta Air Lines.

South Concourse: Gates 2, 4 - 7, 9, North Concourse: Gates 15 - 20, 23 - 26


[edit] Terminal 4

Terminal 4, opened in 1990 and named after former Arizona Senator and 1964 Presidential candidate Barry M. Goldwater, provides 84 gates on 7 concourses. There are three US Airways Clubs in Terminal 4, at gates A7, A19 and B5.

Concourse A: Gates A1 - A14, A17 - A30, Concourse B: Gates B1(A,B,C) - B14, B15(A,B,C) - B28, Concourse C: Gates C1 - C20, Concourse D: Gates D1 - D8

  • Aeroméxico (Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Mexico City)
  • ATA Airlines (Honolulu, Kahului)
  • British Airways (London-Heathrow)
  • Southwest Airlines (Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham (AL), Buffalo, Burbank, Chicago-Midway, Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Detroit, El Paso, Houston-Hobby, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Louisville, Nashville, New Orleans, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, Orange County, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Providence, Raleigh/Durham, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma, St. Louis, Tampa, Tulsa)
  • US Airways (Boston, Cancún, Charlotte, Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Las Vegas, Miami [begins January 3, 2007], Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Seattle/Tacoma)
    • US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Acapulco, Albuquerque, Anchorage, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Boise, Boston, Burbank, Calgary, Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, El Paso, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Honolulu, Houston-Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Kahului, Kona, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Lihue, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Cabos, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Memphis, Mexico City, Miami [ends January 2, 2007], Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK, Newark, Oakland, Omaha, Ontario, Orange County, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Puerto Vallarta, Raleigh/Durham, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), San Jose (CR), Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Toronto-Pearson, Tucson, Vancouver, Washington-Dulles, Washington-Reagan)
    • US Airways Express operated by Air Midwest (Farmington, Lake Havasu City)
    • US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Aspen, Austin, Bakersfield, Boise, Burbank, Calgary, Carlsbad, Colorado Springs, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Durango, El Paso, Eugene, Flagstaff, Fresno, Grand Junction, Guadalajara, Guaymas (MX), Hermosillo, Kalispell, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Cabos, Mazatlan, Medford, Memphis, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, Orange County, Page, Palm Springs, Puerto Vallarta, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Telluride, Tucson, Wichita, Yuma)
  • WestJet (Calgary [seasonal], Edmonton [seasonal], Winnipeg [seasonal])

[edit] Aircraft Incidents

Sky Harbor has not had any major accidents occur at or near the airport. On August 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255, which was flying from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport near Detroit, Michigan, to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, with an intermediate stop at Sky Harbor, crashed on takeoff in Detroit, killing all of the passengers – including a large number of Phoenix-area residents – except for a young girl.

[edit] References

  1. ^ North America's largest airports by number of passengers. Retrieved on September 12, 2006.
  2. ^ World's largest airports by number of passengers. Retrieved on September 12, 2006.

[edit] External links

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