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 fourth busiest airport in terms of daily departures.

177 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, Tampa Bay, and Tulsa.

Additional direct or connecting service to 23 cities
Gates: 24
Employees: Customer Service & Support: 430
Flight Attendant Base: 1,422
Ground Operations: 618
Maintenance: 440
People Department: 11
Pilot Base: 873
Provisioning: 70

Total: 3,864

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