PHX — Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Phoenix's airport, unusually close to downtown for one this size, in the desert valley. Named Sky Harbor by a pioneering aviator in the 1920s.
The airport
- City
- Phoenix
- Country/region
- United States of America
- Runway
- 3,502 m
- Slots
- 270
- Open
- 1935 onwards
- International flights
- Accepted
- Playable in
- US Widebody Golden Age · US Jet Age to Modern · US Low-Cost & Globalization · US Modern
Its 3,502 m runway takes 181 of the game's 182 aircraft types — up to the Airbus A380-800.
About Phoenix
Arizona's capital, in the Sonoran Desert, whose growth depended entirely on air conditioning and irrigation. Retirement, electronics and winter tourism drive it.
Population about 4,193,000 at the game's 2010 snapshot.
Phoenix is a business market: its traffic comes from companies and connections rather than from holidays, which rewards frequency over seat count.