Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

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Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport


FAA airport diagram for PHX
IATA: PHX – ICAO: KPHX – FAA: PHX
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Phoenix
Operator Phoenix Airport System
Serves Phoenix, Arizona
Coordinates 33°26′03″N, 112°00′42″W
Website phoenix.gov/skyharborairport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7L/25R 10,300 3,139 Concrete
7R/25L 7,800 2,377 Concrete
8/26 11,489 3,502 Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 555,256
Passenger boardings 20,315,544
Passenger volume 41,439,819
Cargo tonnage 286,798
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (IATA: PHX, ICAO: KPHX, FAA LID: PHX) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district of Phoenix, a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.[1] It is Arizona's main international airport and one of the largest aviation facilities in the American Southwest. Currently, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is the ninth busiest airport in the United States in terms of traffic.

Sky Harbor has been operating under its current 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, the airport is the primary hub for Tempe-based US Airways, and is also the third-largest departure point for Southwest Airlines, the airport's second largest operator. Since beginning service in 1982 Southwest has grown to capture more than 34 percent of the market share. Since 1990, Southwest traffic from PHX has increased more than 352 percent.

Federal Aviation Administration records show the airport had 20,315,544 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 20,591,906 enplanements in 2006.[2]

In 2006, the airport served 41,439,819 passengers, making it the eighth busiest in the United States[3], and eighteenth busiest airport in the world,[4] in terms of passengers. On a daily basis the airport handles 1,486 aircraft that arrive and depart, along with 108,887 passengers daily. Sky Harbor has grown so rapidly that Phoenix is in the process of utilizing Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa as a secondary airport.

Because of Phoenix's consistent wind patterns, Sky Harbor is one of the largest airports in the world with all runways running parallel.

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

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Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport provides 121 aircraft gates throughout three Terminals (2, 3, 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, and that it did not wish to renumber the other terminals since passengers were already familiar with the numbers in place.

For complete information on flights to and from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, please see the airport's Flights and Information Page[1].

Free wireless Internet access is available in all terminals.

Aerial view of the new tower, looking west.
Aerial view of the new tower, looking west.

The new ATC tower at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport began operations at midnight on January 14, 2007, and is currently the world's fifth tallest control tower after Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Munich and Atlanta, at 335 feet. The new tower stands just east of Terminal 3.

Terminal 2, opened in 1962, provides 17 gates on 1 concourse (C, D, 1A, 1B, 2 - 5, 6A, 6B, 7 - 13), and the Red Carpet Club, operated by United Airlines. In November 2006, a Military and Veterans Hospitality Room was opened on the mezzanine level of Terminal 2. The Hospitality Room is sponsored by the Phoenix Military and Veterans Commission.

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

The North Concourse of Terminal 3 has 10 Gates: 15 - 20, 23 - 26

The South Concourse of Terminal 3 has 6 Gates: 2, 4 - 7, 9

Barry M. Goldwater Terminal 4 entrance
Barry M. Goldwater Terminal 4 entrance

Terminal 4, opened in 1990 and named after former Arizona Senator and 1964 Presidential candidate Barry M. Goldwater, provides 88 gates on 4 concourses. There are three US Airways Clubs in Terminal 4, at gates A7, A19 and B5. British Airways also operates an Executive Club Lounge between gates B23 and B25.

Concourse A has 28 Gates: A1 - A14, A17 - A30

  • US Airways (Acapulco, Albuquerque, Anchorage, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Boise, Boston, Burbank, Cabo San Lucas, Calgary, Cancún, Charlotte, Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, El Paso, Fort Lauderdale, Guadalajara [begins January 5; pending gov't approval], Hartford/Springfield, Honolulu, Houston-Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Kahului, Kansas City, Kona, Las Vegas, Lihue, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Manzanillo, Mazatlán, Mexico City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK, Newark, Oakland, Omaha, Ontario, 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 José (CR), Santa Ana/Orange County, Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Toronto-Pearson, Tucson, Vancouver, Washington-Dulles, Washington-Reagan)

Concourse B has 32 Gates: B1(A,B,C) - B14, B15(A,B,C) - B28

  • Aeroméxico (Guadalajara, Mexico City)
  • British Airways (London-Heathrow)
  • US Airways (See Concourse A)
    • US Airways Express operated by Air Midwest (Cedar City, Farmington, Kingman, Prescott)
    • US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Albuquerque, Aspen, Austin, Bakersfield, Burbank, Calgary, Carlsbad, Colorado Springs, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Des Moines, Durango, El Paso, Eugene, Flagstaff, Fresno, Grand Junction, Guadalajara, Guaymas, Hermosillo, Houston-Intercontinental, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Medford, Memphis, Monterey, Montrose/Telluride, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, Palm Springs, Puerto Vallarta, Reno/Tahoe, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Ana/Orange County, Santa Barbara, Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane, Tucson, Vancouver, Wichita, Yuma)
  • WestJet (Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg) [seasonal]

Concourse C has 20 Gates: C1 - C20

ATA Airlines Boeing 757-200 jet atPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
ATA Airlines Boeing 757-200 jet at
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
  • ATA Airlines (Honolulu, Kahului)
  • Southwest Airlines (Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham (AL), Buffalo, Burbank, Chicago-Midway, Columbus, Denver, Detroit, El Paso, Houston-Hobby, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Louisville, Manchester (NH), Nashville, New Orleans, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Providence, Raleigh/Durham, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco [begins March 8], San Jose (CA), Santa Ana/Orange County, Seattle/Tacoma, St. Louis, Tampa, Tulsa)

Concourse D has 8 Gates: D1 - D8

On 23 February 2007 Sky Harbor became the first airport to operationally use Backscatter X-ray technologies for screening passengers.[5] This technology allows screeners to tell if passengers are carrying hidden weapons, explosives or drugs by allowing them to see through passengers' clothing. For this reason, these devices, which are available both as freestanding equipment and mobile 'cameras' have been dubbed 'naked machines' by some civil rights advocates[6] concerned that the devices essentially show screeners nude images of passengers and have been deployed without making passengers aware of this infringement on their privacy.

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 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.

  • A new, 33 gate West Terminal (including demolition of Terminal 2)
  • Automated People Mover – Stage 2 (Stage 1 has been previously approved.)
    • Stage 1 (44th and Washington streets would shuttle travelers to Terminal 4 beginning in 2013.)
    • Stage 2 (second phase that stretches from 44th Street to Terminal 2 on the western end of the airport won't be ready till 2020.)
  • Re-alignment of Sky Harbor Blvd. west of Terminal 3 & two new taxiways
  • Improvements to the Terminal 4 International Concourse
  • New Concourse at Terminal 4
  • Information:[7]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Master Record for PHX (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ FAA Passenger Boarding Data
  3. ^ North America's largest airports by number of passengers. Retrieved on September 12, 2006.
  4. ^ World's largest airports by number of passengers. Retrieved on September 12, 2006.
  5. ^ Powerful X-ray machine debuts in Phoenix: ‘Backscatter’ visually strips off clothing, to be used on voluntary basis, Associated Press story on MSNBC.msn.com, 23 February 2007, accessed on 28 June 2007.
  6. ^ "Getting Naked for Big Brother", Wired, by Kim Zetter, 17 May 2004, link accessed 28 June 2007.
  7. ^ http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0614ar-airporttrain14-ON.html


v • d • e
Metropolitan area of Phoenix, Arizona, the Valley of the Sun
Largest suburbs
(over 100,000 inhabitants)		 Chandler • Gilbert • Glendale • Mesa • Peoria • Scottsdale • Surprise • Tempe
Other suburbs and towns
(over 10,000 inhabitants)		 Anthem • Apache Junction • Avondale • Buckeye • Casa Grande • El Mirage • Eloy • Florence • Fountain Hills • Goodyear • Gold Camp • Luke Air Force Base • Maricopa • New River • Paradise Valley • Queen Creek • Sun City • Sun City West • Sun Lakes
Smaller suburbs and towns
(over 5,000 inhabitants)		 Black Canyon City • Carefree • Cave Creek • Coolidge • Gila Bend • Guadalupe • Litchfield Park • Superior • Tolleson • Wickenburg • Youngtown
Counties Maricopa • Pinal
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