{"id":14717,"date":"2020-02-01T20:37:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T20:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14717"},"modified":"2020-02-01T20:37:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T20:37:16","slug":"record-number-of-passengers-traveled-through-phoenix-sky-harbor-international-airport-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/arizona\/record-number-of-passengers-traveled-through-phoenix-sky-harbor-international-airport-in-2019\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Record Number of Passengers Traveled through Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2019, America\u2019s Friendliest Airport\u00ae achieved an all-time high for the number of passengers traveling through the Airport. Nearly 46.3 million travelers passed through Phoenix Sky Harbor last year, surpassing the previous record set in 2018 when just under 45 million passengers were served. The year-end passenger total for the Arizona airport was 46,288,337, a 3 percent increase compared to 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passenger numbers were strong throughout 2019, but December\nsaw a 9 percent increase in passenger traffic compared to 2018. In 2019,\nPhoenix Sky Harbor had 70% origin and destination traffic, meaning that the\nmajority of travelers started or ended their journeys in Phoenix rather than connecting\nthrough the Airport in route to somewhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe record-breaking number of passengers Sky Harbor saw in\n2019 is another data point highlighting the importance of investing in our\nairport,\u201d said Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego. \u201cPhoenix Sky Harbor International\nAirport is the number one economic engine in the state\u2014yet receives no tax\ndollars and operates solely with the revenue generated by businesses operating there.\nWe must continue to deliver not only world-class customer service, but ensure\nupgraded facilities to travelers and those that want to do business with our\nairport.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/PHX-Sky-Train-81edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14719\" width=\"311\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PHX-Sky-Train-81edit.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PHX-Sky-Train-81edit-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to meet the demand on facilities, Phoenix Sky\nHarbor has several projects underway. These include the 2.5-mile extension of\nthe PHX Sky Train\u00ae from the terminals to the Rental Car Center. Additional\npassenger traffic has placed enormous demand on the Airport\u2019s facilities, in\nparticular the curbs. The extension of the PHX Sky Train\u00ae to the Rental Car\nCenter will take more than 80 buses off of the roadways and help alleviate curb\ncongestion as well as make for a more efficient experience getting passengers\nto and from their rental cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other projects include the recent completion of the Terminal\n3 Modernization Program which included three phases \u2013 a new consolidated\nsecurity checkpoint to get travelers to their gates faster, a brand new South\nConcourse, and a renovated North Concourse, both with all new local restaurants,\nshops and customer amenities. Construction is also underway at Terminal 4 where\nan eight-gate concourse is being built and slated to open in 2022. It will be\noccupied by Southwest Airlines and will feature new shops, restaurants and\ncustomer amenities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport also continues to\nbring new airlines and destinations to its customers. In 2019, American\nAirlines launched their first-ever nonstop service from Phoenix to London\nHeathrow Airport as well as new service to Chihuahua, Mexico. Condor Airlines\nextended their seasonal service to Frankfurt, Germany, and in 2020, America\u2019s\nFriendliest Airport\u00ae will welcome Eurowings, which will begin nonstop seasonal\nto service to Frankfurt as well. PHX currently offers nonstop service to more\nthan 100 domestic destinations and 23 international destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on Sky Harbor\u2019s future development\nprojects, please visit skyharbor.com\/about\/development, and for information on\nall the places you can travel from PHX, visit skyharbor.com\/flyPHX <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, America\u2019s Friendliest Airport\u00ae achieved an all-time high for the number of passengers traveling through the Airport. Nearly 46.3 million travelers passed through Phoenix Sky Harbor last year, surpassing the previous record set in 2018 when just under 45 million passengers were served. The year-end passenger total for the Arizona airport was 46,288,337, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arizona"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PHXfromEast-American-n-Train_0140-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14720,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14717\/revisions\/14720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}