Southwest Airlines City Fact Sheets


Phoenix, AZ (PHX)
Starting Service:

January 31, 1982

13 daily nonstop departures to six cities: Albuquerque, El Paso, Houston (Hobby), Las Vegas, and San Diego

16th city in Southwest system

Current Service:

Phoenix is Southwest’s third busiest airport in terms of daily departures.

179 daily nonstop departures to 44 cities: Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham, Buffalo, Burbank, Chicago (Midway), Columbus, Denver, Detroit, El Paso, Houston (Hobby), Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Los Angeles (LAX), Louisville, Manchester, Milwaukee, Nashville, New Orleans, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, Orange County, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh-Durham, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle/Tacoma, and Tampa Bay

Additional direct or connecting service to 22 cities
Gates: 24
Employees: Customer Service & Support: 456
Flight Attendant Base: 1,447
Ground Operations: 632
Maintenance: 444
Marketing: 4
People Department: 10
Pilot Base: 897
Provisioning: 70
Technology: 6

Total: 3,966

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