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Aeropuerto Internacional Phoenix Sky Harbor ( IATA : PHX , ICAO : KPHX , FAA LID : PHX)) es un aeropuerto internacional público civil-militar ubicado a 3 millas (2,6 millas náuticas; 4,8 km) al este del centro de Phoenix , en el condado de Maricopa, Arizona , Estados Unidos. [ 3 ] Es el aeropuerto más grande y con mayor tráfico de Arizona. Entre los aeropuertos comerciales más grandes de Estados Unidos, PHX fue el 11.º aeropuerto con mayor tráfico en Estados Unidos en términos de embarque de pasajeros y el 38.º con mayor tráfico en el mundo en 2025. [ 5 ] El aeropuerto sirve como centro de operaciones para American Airlines y como base para Frontier Airlines y Southwest Airlines .  

El aeropuerto también alberga la 161.ª Ala de Reabastecimiento Aéreo (161 ARW), una unidad de la Guardia Nacional Aérea de Arizona adscrita al Comando de Movilidad Aérea (AMC) . El enclave militar se conoce como Base de la Guardia Nacional Aérea Goldwater . La 161 ARW, una de las dos unidades aéreas de la Guardia Nacional Aérea de Arizona, opera el avión cisterna KC-135R Stratotanker . Además de su función nacional como unidad de la Guardia Nacional, bajo la autoridad del Gobernador de Arizona, la 161 ARW también desempeña funciones tanto en Estados Unidos como en el extranjero como organización de la USAF , apoyando misiones de reabastecimiento aéreo y movilidad aérea en todo el mundo. [ 6 ]

Historia

Historia temprana

Interior de la Terminal 2 en la década de 1960 con vista al mural de Paul Coze, The Phoenix.
La torre de control del aeropuerto Sky Harbor con el centro de Phoenix al fondo.
Avión de American Airlines en la Terminal 4

El evocador nombre del Aeropuerto Sky Harbor fue ideado por J. Parker Van Zandt, propietario de Scenic Airways , quien compró 278 acres de tierras de cultivo para las operaciones invernales de Scenic en noviembre de 1928. Sky Harbor no solo recibió su nombre, sino que fue fundado y construido por Van Zandt a finales de 1928. Inmediatamente comenzó la construcción de un hangar para aviones de 100 x 120 pies y, a principios de 1929, construyó una pista. Este fue el cuarto aeropuerto construido en Phoenix . [ 7 ] Scenic Airways, con problemas de liquidez tras el infame crac bursátil de 1929 , [ 8 ] [ 7 ] vendió el aeropuerto a Acme Investment Company, que lo poseyó hasta 1935, cuando la ciudad de Phoenix compró el aeropuerto Sky Harbor a Acme por 100 000 dólares. [ 9 ]

Servicio aéreo histórico

El 23 de febrero de 1929, Maddux Air Lines inició el primer servicio regular de pasajeros del aeropuerto con una ruta entre San Francisco y El Paso, con escalas en Phoenix, Los Ángeles y otras ciudades; sin embargo, el servicio fue efímero y finalizó en otoño de 1929. Standard Air Lines operaba en Phoenix desde finales de 1927 en otro aeropuerto y comenzó a aterrizar en Sky Harbor el 5 de agosto de 1929. Standard operaba una ruta entre Los Ángeles y El Paso, con escalas en Phoenix, Tucson y Douglas, Arizona . Standard fue adquirida por American Airways en 1930, que más tarde se convirtió en American Airlines . American extendió la ruta hacia el este hasta Nueva York, pasando por Dallas , Nashville y muchas otras ciudades, creando así una ruta transcontinental meridional a través de los Estados Unidos. [ 10 ]

TWA comenzó a operar vuelos a San Francisco en 1938 y agregó Phoenix a su red transcontinental en 1944 con vuelos a Los Ángeles y hacia el este a Nueva York, con escalas en Albuquerque , Kansas City y muchas otras ciudades. Arizona Airways comenzó a operar vuelos dentro del estado de Arizona en 1946 y se fusionó con Frontier Airlines en 1950, la cual agregó nuevas rutas a Denver , Albuquerque y El Paso. Bonanza Airlines comenzó a operar en 1951 con una ruta a Las Vegas y Reno , con varias escalas en comunidades más pequeñas. En la década de 1960 se agregaron nuevas rutas a Salt Lake City y el sur de California, junto con vuelos sin escalas a Las Vegas y Reno a bordo de aviones Douglas DC-9 para 1965. Bonanza se fusionó con otras dos aerolíneas para convertirse en Air West en 1968 y cambió su nombre a Hughes Airwest en 1970, agregando varias rutas nuevas, incluyendo vuelos a México, y creando un centro de operaciones en Phoenix. Hughes Airwest se fusionó con Republic Airlines en 1980, la cual continuó operando en el centro de operaciones de Phoenix hasta mediados de la década de 1980. Western Airlines llegó a Sky Harbor en 1957 con vuelos a Denver, Los Ángeles y San Diego ; Continental Airlines llegó en 1961 a El Paso, Los Ángeles y Tucson; y Delta Air Lines comenzó a operar vuelos a Dallas en 1969. [ 9 ]

Bonanza Air Lines trasladó su sede de Las Vegas a Phoenix en 1966. Bonanza se fusionó con otras dos aerolíneas para formar Air West, que se convirtió en Hughes Airwest después de que Howard Hughes la comprara en 1970. [ 11 ]

Tras la firma de la Ley de Desregulación de las Aerolíneas en 1978, muchas aerolíneas nuevas comenzaron a operar en Sky Harbor. Ese mismo año, Ed Beauvais, exejecutivo de Hughes Airwest, ideó un plan para una nueva aerolínea con sede en Phoenix. Fundó America West Airlines en 1981, que comenzó a operar desde Phoenix en 1983 y duplicó su tamaño durante su primer año. [ 11 ] Allegheny Airlines y Eastern Airlines pronto comenzaron a operar en 1979, seguidas por United Airlines en 1980. Allegheny cambió su nombre a USAir poco después de comenzar a operar en 1979. Southwest Airlines llegó a Phoenix en enero de 1982 con 13 vuelos diarios a 12 ciudades; para 1986, ya contaba con 64 vuelos diarios desde Phoenix y una base de tripulación allí. Southwest inauguró una instalación de mantenimiento en PHX en 1992, la más grande de su tipo. [ 12 ]

America West se acogió al Capítulo 11 de la Ley de Quiebras en 1991 y vendió sus aviones más grandes y su autorización para operar rutas en Japón, pero continuó expandiendo sus operaciones nacionales desde la Terminal 4 en colaboración con Continental Airlines . Si bien AWA experimentó un mayor crecimiento en Phoenix durante la década de 1990, las consecuencias de los atentados del 11 de septiembre afectaron su situación financiera. AWA finalizó su relación con Continental y se fusionó con US Airways en 2005. US Airways trasladó su sede al campus de AWA en Tempe y conservó a muchos directivos de AWA para dirigir la compañía fusionada. Posteriormente, US Airways se fusionó con American Airlines en 2015, la cual continúa desarrollando su principal centro de operaciones en el Aeropuerto Internacional Phoenix Sky Harbor. [ 11 ]

El aeropuerto Sky Harbor realizó sus primeros vuelos transatlánticos en 1996, cuando British Airways inauguró el servicio sin escalas a Londres. El vuelo se operó inicialmente con un avión Douglas DC-10, pero pronto se actualizó a un Boeing 747-400 . [ 13 ]

En mayo de 2025, Starlux Airlines anunció que lanzaría un servicio en 2026 a Taipéi, Taiwán , en un avión Airbus A350 , marcando la primera vez que una aerolínea anunciaba un servicio sin escalas a Asia desde ese aeropuerto. [ 14 ] El 25 de julio de 2025, China Airlines anunció que comenzaría vuelos sin escalas a Taipéi, a partir de diciembre de ese año. [ 15 ] [ 16 ]

Ampliación y crecimiento de las instalaciones

Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial , el aeropuerto comenzó la construcción de una nueva terminal de pasajeros, así como de una nueva pista paralela y una pista diagonal. [ 17 ] En el diagrama C&GS de febrero de 1953, las pistas 8L y 8R tienen cada una 6000 pies (1800 m) de longitud y la pista 3 tiene 5500 pies (1700 m) . La Terminal 1, con un costo de 835 000 dólares (originalmente llamada Ala Oeste), que también albergaba la primera torre de control , se inauguró en octubre de 1952. [ 17 ]  

El plan maestro del aeropuerto fue rediseñado en 1959 para eliminar la pista transversal y así dar cabida a nuevas terminales. [ 17 ] American y TWA comenzaron a operar vuelos a reacción a Phoenix en 1960 y 1961 respectivamente, y la Terminal 2 (originalmente llamada Ala Este) abrió sus puertas en 1962. [ 18 ] La Terminal 2 fue diseñada por las firmas de arquitectura de Phoenix Weaver & Drover y Lescher & Mahoney y se inauguró en 1962. [ 19 ] La Terminal 2 también contaba con un mural de 4,9 m (16 pies) de alto y 23 m (75 pies) de ancho compuesto por 52 materiales diferentes, entre ellos mosaicos de vidrio, piedras preciosas, conchas y juguetes antiguos.  

El Phoenix , diseñado por el difunto artista franco-estadounidense y residente permanente de Phoenix, Paul Coze , fue encargado en 1960 como la primera obra de arte público de Phoenix y se instaló en 1962 en el vestíbulo principal de la terminal. El Phoenix fue reubicado en el Centro de Alquiler de Autos en 2021 tras el desmantelamiento y la demolición de la Terminal 2. [ 20 ] En noviembre de 2006, se inauguró en la Terminal 2 una Sala de Hospitalidad para Militares y Veteranos, patrocinada por la Comisión de Militares y Veteranos de Phoenix. Desde entonces, se ha reubicado en la Terminal 4 como el nuevo club USO . Esta terminal se sometió a dos proyectos de renovación. El primero se completó en 1988. [ 21 ] El segundo proyecto, que costó 24 millones de dólares y fue diseñado por DWL Architects + Planners, Inc., se completó en 2007. [ 19 ]

La construcción de la Terminal 3 comenzó en enero de 1977. Diseñada por DWL Architects + Planners, Inc., la Terminal 3 abrió sus puertas en octubre de 1979, y se eliminaron los nombres de "Este" y "Oeste" ya que ya no había solo dos terminales. [ 17 ]

Un Boeing 737-300 de USAir en el Aeropuerto Internacional Phoenix Sky Harbor el 28 de febrero de 1986. Esta aeronave, N360AU, sería posteriormente rematriculada como N388US y se estrellaría en Los Ángeles en 1991 como el vuelo 1493.

En octubre de 1989, se colocó la primera piedra de la Terminal 4, la terminal más grande. [ 22 ] Se inauguró el 2 de noviembre de 1990, [ 23 ] con cuatro vestíbulos: N2 y N3 en el lado norte y S3 y S4 en el lado sur. En 1994 se inauguró el Vestíbulo Internacional N4, añadiendo 10 puertas y una pasarela estéril al vestíbulo S4. En 1997 comenzó la construcción del vestíbulo N1 de 14 puertas para America West Airlines. Se completó en junio de 1998 con un costo de $50 millones, [ 24 ] completando la expansión del lado norte de la terminal. En el lado sur de la terminal, comenzó la construcción en 2002 del vestíbulo S2 de ocho puertas para Southwest Airlines. Este proyecto se completó en 2004 y tiene un diseño arquitectónico diferente al de los otros seis vestíbulos. La octava y última terminal de la Terminal 4, S1 (Sur 1), con las puertas D11–D18, comenzó a construirse en mayo de 2019. La Terminal 4 lleva el nombre del ex senador de Arizona y candidato presidencial de 1964 , Barry M. Goldwater . Tras la muerte de Goldwater en 1998, el entonces alcalde de Phoenix, Skip Rimsza , propuso cambiar el nombre del aeropuerto en memoria de Goldwater, pero recibió un gran apoyo público para el nombre conocido de "Sky Harbor". [ 25 ] La Terminal 4, diseñada por DWL Architects + Planners, Inc., es la más grande y con mayor actividad de las dos terminales, con 86 (ahora 92) puertas, divididas en ocho vestíbulos satélite conectados tras el control de seguridad. [ 19 ]

En 2007, la Administración de Seguridad del Transporte introdujo la primera de sus máquinas de rayos X de retrodispersión en PHX. [ 26 ]

Novedades recientes

En febrero de 2020, la Terminal 2 recibió su último vuelo y posteriormente fue desmantelada. La demolición tuvo lugar a principios de 2021 y la terminal fue reemplazada por plataformas de concreto para aeronaves, accesibles en autobús desde otras terminales. [ 27 ] Las aerolíneas que anteriormente utilizaban la Terminal 2 fueron reubicadas en la Terminal 3, cuyas renovaciones finalizaron en enero de 2020. [ 28 ]

En enero de 2021, el Ayuntamiento de Phoenix cambió el nombre de la Terminal 3 en honor al senador John McCain . [ 29 ]

En febrero de 2024, el aeropuerto anunció planes para modernizar la infraestructura de su planta central de servicios públicos en la Terminal 4, lo que mejorará el sistema de aire acondicionado. El proyecto, con un costo de 36 millones de dólares, fue financiado por una subvención del Programa de Terminales Aeroportuarias de la FAA, incluida en la Ley federal de Inversión en Infraestructura y Empleos , promulgada por el entonces presidente Joe Biden . [ 30 ]

On April 29, 2024, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego announced that a new terminal would be constructed on the west end of the property near the former location of Terminal 2. She said that in 2023 the airport welcomed more than 48 million passengers and with continued growth expected the new terminal was needed to accommodate growing demand and handle the increased number of travelers. The terminal would feature a new customs facility and would be designed to have net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, making it an environmentally friendly structure.[31] The terminal is expected to break ground in 2029 and open in 2033.[32]

In 2024, the airport surpassed 50 million passengers in a single calendar year, an all-time record for the facility.[33]

Facilities

Terminals

Aerial view of the new control tower in the foreground, and the old control tower in the background, with Terminal 3 in between, looking southwest

The airport has 119 active aircraft gates in two Terminals (3 and 4).[34] The airport administration states that the designations Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 have been "retired" and that it did not wish to renumber the other terminals since passengers were already familiar with the numbers in place.[35] Terminals 3 and 4 continued to retain their numbers after the closing of Terminal 2.[36] Bus gates are planned to be operated on the Terminal 2 site.[37][35][38][39] Terminal 3 is used by most domestic or precleared arrivals including Frontier Airlines.[40]Alaska Airlines also uses Terminal 3 for both its arrivals and departures.[6] International carriers, American and Southwest operate in Terminal 4.[41]

  • Terminal 3 contains 27 gates.[34]
  • Terminal 4 contains 92 gates.[34]

Runways

PHX covers 3,400 acres (14 km2) at an elevation of 1,135 ft (346 m). The airport has three parallelconcrete/grooved runways:[3][42]

  • Runway 8/26 measuring 11,489 ft × 150 ft (3,502 m × 46 m)
  • Pista 7L/25R con unas dimensiones de 10.300 pies × 150 pies (3.139 m × 46 m)      
  • Pista 7R/25L con unas dimensiones de 2377 m × 46 m (7800 pies × 150 pies ).      

Las tres pistas pueden albergar aeronaves con un peso máximo de despegue de 900.000 lb (410.000 kg) o superior. [ 3 ]  

El área de aviones privados de Sky Harbor es también uno de los ocho centros de servicio de la aerolínea de evacuación médica Air Evac . [ 43 ]

Torre ATC

La torre de control de tráfico aéreo del aeropuerto, de 99 metros (326 pies) de altura , comenzó a operar el 14 de enero de 2007. Se ubica justo al este del estacionamiento de la Terminal 3 y también alberga el TRACON de Phoenix . Esta es la tercera torre de control de Sky Harbor y se encuentra entre las más altas de Norteamérica. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] 

Museo

El Museo del Aeropuerto de Phoenix es un museo que exhibe obras de arte y recuerdos de la aviación local, ubicado dentro de la terminal. [ 46 ]

Aerolíneas y destinos

Pasajero

Las siguientes aerolíneas operan vuelos regulares de pasajeros en el aeropuerto Sky Harbor: [ 47 ]

Carga

Estadística

Principales destinos

Tráfico anual

PassengersYear010,000,00020,000,00030,000,00040,000,00050,000,00060,000,0001960197019801990200020102020PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
  • Desde 1951 hasta finales de 2025 (75 años), 1.529.154.603 pasajeros (nacionales e internacionales, embarcados y desembarcados) transitaron por PHX, un promedio anual de 20.388.728 pasajeros por año. En el mismo período, hubo 30.520.423 movimientos de aeronaves (comerciales, militares, aviación general) en PHX, un promedio anual de 406.939 movimientos por año. [ 268 ] PHX se ha convertido con los años en un importante centro de conexiones de EE. UU., y en 2025 fue clasificado como el 39.º aeropuerto más transitado del mundo y el 11.º aeropuerto más transitado de Estados Unidos en cuanto a embarque de pasajeros.

Cuota de mercado de las aerolíneas

Transporte terrestre

Tren elevado de Phoenix

Los viajeros pueden acceder a ambas terminales desde el estacionamiento East Economy mediante el PHX Sky Train . [ 269 ] También hay estacionamiento junto a cada terminal. [ 270 ] El proyecto del PHX Sky Train está terminado y conecta las terminales con el Centro de Alquiler de Autos.

La ruta 13 del autobús de Valley Metro tiene una parada en la estación del SkyTrain de la calle 24 [ 271 ]. Los viajeros que se conectan con la estación de Greyhound o que salen de ella pueden caminar desde la estación del SkyTrain de la calle 24. El tren ligero de Valley Metro tiene una parada en la cercana estación de tren ligero de la calle 44/Washington . Un puente peatonal móvil sobre la calle Washington permite a los pasajeros del tren ligero llegar a la cercana estación del SkyTrain PHX y luego continuar hacia las estaciones en el estacionamiento East Economy y las terminales 3 y 4. Las rutas 44 del autobús de Valley Metro dan servicio a la estación del SkyTrain PHX en la calle 44 y Washington. [ 272 ]

Varias compañías de taxis, limusinas, viajes compartidos y transporte ofrecen servicio entre cada terminal del aeropuerto, el área metropolitana de Phoenix y otras comunidades en todo el estado. [ 273 ]

Por carretera, las terminales del aeropuerto están comunicadas con East Sky Harbor Boulevard, a la que se accede mediante la Interestatal 10 y las rutas estatales de Arizona 143 y 202 .

Tren elevado de Phoenix

El PHX Sky Train es un sistema automatizado de transporte de personas, similar a los que se encuentran en otros aeropuertos, que traslada a los pasajeros de Sky Harbor desde la estación de tren ligero de la calle 44 y Washington hasta el estacionamiento East Economy de Sky Harbor, a través de ambas terminales. La Fase 1 se inauguró el 8 de abril de 2013 y va desde la estación de tren ligero de la calle 44 y Washington hasta el estacionamiento East Economy y luego hasta la Terminal 4. [ 274 ] La Fase 1A transporta a los pasajeros a la Terminal 3. La Fase 1A se inauguró el 8 de diciembre de 2014. [ 275 ] La Fase 2 transporta a los pasajeros al Centro de Alquiler de Autos. La Fase 2 se inauguró el 20 de diciembre de 2022. [ 276 ]

Recepción

En su clasificación de aeropuertos de 2019, The Wall Street Journal clasificó a Sky Harbor como el mejor aeropuerto en general entre los 20 aeropuertos más grandes de EE. UU. [ 277 ] "Phoenix sobresalió en varias de las 15 categorías, con cortos tiempos de espera en los controles de seguridad, Wi-Fi rápido, buenas puntuaciones en Yelp para las reseñas de restaurantes, cortos tiempos de rodaje hasta el despegue de los aviones y un costo promedio económico de Uber para ir al centro". [ 278 ] Sky Harbor ganó el honor nuevamente en 2023, por delante del Aeropuerto Internacional de Minneapolis-Saint Paul y el Aeropuerto Internacional de Los Ángeles . [ 279 ]

Accidentes e incidentes

2024 Christmas Day Violence

On December 25, 2024, an apparent family dispute among a group of five at a restaurant in Terminal 4 escalated into a shooting and stabbing, leaving three with gunshot wounds and another with a stab wound. A man and a juvenile female were detained as a result of the incident. After the domestic incident, a man allegedly responding to false reports of an active shooter at the airport arrived at the airport shirtless and armed. The man had an altercation with police before he was also arrested.[281][282]

See also

Notes

References

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