Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport
The airport is in Maricopa County, Arizona. It is located three miles (4.8 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Phoenix
The international IATA code for the airport is:: PHX. Also ICAO code of it is: KPHX
Phoenix, Arizona is served by the airport.
Sky Harbor international is among the busiest airport of US. It serves more than 20 airlines. Their names are as follows: Mesa Airlines, Aeromexico,Air Canada,AirTran Airways,Alaska Airlines,America West,America West Express,American,ATA,British Airways,Continental,Delta,Delta Connection, Skywest Airlines.
Frontier,Great Lakes,Hawaiian Airlines,JetBlue Airways,Midwest Airlines
Northwest,Southwest,Sun Country,TED, United Airlines, US Airways,WestJet.
Also the Sky Harbor is serving in its private airplane area, Air Evac of Medevac airlines.
In 2006, 41,436,737 passengers have used this airport.
The statistics shows 546,510 plane which used airport. This includes air carrier, general aviation and military aviation.
The airport has three terminals – Terminal 2, Terminal 3 and Terminal 4
There are 3 runways with concrete surface.
The runways length are 11,489 feet, 10.300 feet and 7,800 feet
The first terminal was opened on 1952. It was the most modern airport on this time. The second terminal opened 10 years later on 1962.
On 1935 the airport was named the farm because of its rural location. City of Phoenix bought the airport the same year and named it the Sky Harbor Airport.
The Sky Harbor International Airport is Centrally located in the greater Phoenix metropolitan areaa, so driving to and from is easy. Sky Harbor is accessible from the east or west. Sky Harbor from the north should be by Interstate 17 south to Interstate 10 east to the International Airport exit just north of Buckeye Road,
Check the following website for detailed information: http://phoenix.gov/skyharborairport/maps_parking/directions.html
There are variety of ground transportation options offered on the airport. The airport staff on the curb can help you to rent a car, to take a taxi or a limousine, or get Vans or buses, the statewide shuttle to get cities outside the Phoenix area, or to choose the free Airport Shuttle Buss to travel between terminals and economy parking lots
Economy lot rates with free shuttle services are $1.00 / hour or $7.00 / day.
The charges on Terminal 2 are $1.00 per half hour to a maximum of $16.00 per 24-hour period. Terminals 3 and 4, parking charges remain at $1.00 per half hour and $16.00 maximum for a day.
the West Economy lot offers a discount airport parking option for $5.00 per day.
There are 45 Eateries Restaurants & Bars in total. Each terminal has its own restaurant and bars.
It is best to contact Lost and found via the telephone on (602) 273-3333. The working days and time are from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Also each airline has a phone for lost and found services at the airport.
The religious chapel is on Terminal 4 Level 3 . The schedules for 4 religions are as follows: Protestants on Sunday, 11:30 a.m. , Catholics on Sunday, 12:30 p.m. , Eastern Orthodox on Sunday, 6:30 p.m., Islamic Jummah prayer on Friday, 12:30 p.m. . You can contact Barry Goldwater by phone +1 (602) 244 1346,
thru Friday 0500 - 1700 Saturday 0800 – 1400, Sunday 0800 – 1330
More than 70 AED’s are installed on public and employee work place areas of the airport. The Phoenix Police Airport Bureau bicycle officer team carry AED’s with them at the airport as well.
For employment employment opportunities the web page, http://www.phoenix.gov/EMPLOY/empidx.html must be checked. There is also the city of Phoenix Job Hotline at (602) 534-5627 which can bu used for those not having accessibility to internet.
No incident is reported. For preventing such incidents, Sky Harbor was one of the first airports that has Backscatter X-ray technologies installed for screening passengers.
There are 16 services and 46 shops that are offered to customers ease and shopping. Some services like Wireless Internet is available on the gate levels of all three terminals at no charge to passengers. Also an Art Museum and Military and Veterans Hospitality Room is available on the mezzanine level of Terminal 2.