Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
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| Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
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| IATA: PHX - ICAO: KPHX | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type
| Public | ||
| Operator
| City of Phoenix | ||
| Serves
| Phoenix, Arizona | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,135 ft (345.9 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Website
| http://www.phoenix.gov/AVIATION/ | ||
| Parts of this article may come from Wikipedia | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8/26 | 11,489 | 3,502 | Concrete |
| 7L/25R | 10,300 | 3,139 | Concrete |
| 7R/25L | 7,800 | 2,377 | Concrete |
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General
Phoenix Sky Harbor 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. Currently, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is the eighth 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.
In 2005, the airport served 41.2 million passengers, making it the eighth busiest in the United States, and eighteenth busiest airport in the world, in terms of passengers. Currently, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is the ninth busiest airport in the United States in terms of traffic, and the eighteenth in the world with 41,439,819 passengers passing through the airport in 2006; a 0.5% change from 2005. On a daily basis the airport handles 1,498 aircraft that arrive and depart, along with 108,200 passengers daily. Sky Harbor has grown so rapidly that Phoenix is in the process of utilizing Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa as a secondary airport.
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.
The new ATC tower at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport began operations at midnight on January 14, 2007, and is currently the world's third tallest control tower after Munich and Atlanta, at an outstanding 335 feet.
Gate Assignments
MetroAir operated out of Terminal 3's North Concourse. All flights operate out of Gate 18 (FS9 Gate 16).
Flight Planning Resources
- Aiport Diagram
- Terminal Procedures - contains SID, STAR and IAP ]
IFR Routes
Pilots should add their IFR route plans originating from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport here as a central repository for their fellow pilots.
| Destination | Route | Suggested Altitude | Charts | Preferred | Comments |
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| KDTW | MAXXO1 CNX J74 TXO PNH J26 JOT J146 GIJ LFD MIZAR3 | Range: FL190-410 (odd) | KPHX KDTW | 
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| KONT | BXK2 PSP SETER2 | Range: FL180-400 (even) | KPHX KONT |
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Available Sceneries
| FS version | pay-/freeware | developer | available updates |
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| FS9 | payware | SimFlyers - Phoenix Sky Harbor (KPHX) | update 1 |
| FS9 | freeware | Bluesky Scenery - Arrivals Terminal E - Phoenix - october 2007 | none |
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - FRF Studio - Phoenix Sky Harbor KPHX Concourse D v2.1 - june 2006 | none |
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - Gary Widup - Phoenix Sky Harbor - KPHX - december 2003 | none |
| FSX | payware | Aerosoft - MegaSceneryX - Phoenix | none |
