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Airport Facts

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has a $106 million daily economic impact.

Total Impact (including multiplier effects) of the Phoenix Airport System (PHX Sky Harbor, PHX Goodyear, and PHX Deer Valley airports), now including Sky Harbor Center.

Total Economic Impact

  • $38 Billion Economic Impact

  • 269,000 Employment

  • $13 Billion Annual Payroll

Direct Impact of Sky Harbor

  • $12.3 billion in economic activity

  • 57,432 jobs at the Airport

On a typical day:

1,200+

Aircraft arrive and depart

125,000+

Passengers arrive and depart

1,000+

Tons of air cargo is handled

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Interesting Facts

Sky Harbor was purchased by the City of Phoenix in July of 1935 for $100,000. The City paid $35,300 in cash and took out a $64,700 mortgage.

Sky Harbor's size: 3,400 acres.

Terminal 1

The first "modern" terminal built. It was completed in October 1952 and cost $853,000. In 1990 Terminal 1 was demolished, but the other terminals were never renumbered.

Terminal 2

Completed in 1962 at a cost of $2.7 million. Its size is 330,000 square feet. Terminal 2 closed in February 2020.

Terminal 3

880,000 square feet in size and was completed in 1979. The cost of Terminal 3 was $35 million. The modernization of Terminal 3 was completed in 2020.

Terminal 4

Opened in 1990 at a cost of $248 million. It measures 3.9 million square feet in size.

Parking

Currently, there are more than 20,000 parking spaces at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

  • West Economy garage - 2,191 spaces ( Economy - 814, Daily - 244)

  • Terminal 3 garage – 2,048 spaces

  • Terminal 4 garage - 6,851 spaces

  • Terminal 4 Oversized Parking - 78 spaces

  • West Economy Park and Walk - 1,563 spaces

  • East Economy Garage A - 2,313 spaces; Garage B – 3,517 spaces; uncovered – 3,433

  • Employee parking – 2,741 spaces

  • Special Events lot - 273 spaces

Runway Information

Sky Harbor has three runways.

North Runway

  • Designated 8/26 is 11,489 feet long and 150 feet wide

  • Highest elevation 1,135 mean sea level (MSL)

Center Runway

  • Designated 7L/25R is 10,300 feet long and 150 feet wide

  • Highest elevation 1,134 mean sea level (MSL)

South Runway

  • Designated 7R/25L is 7,800 feet long and 150 feet wide

  • Highest elevation 1,126 mean sea level (MSL)