Sky Harbor International Airport

Sky Harbor International Airport {{Airport codes|PHX|KPHX}} in Phoenix is Arizona's main international airport, one of the largest aviation facilities in the American Southwest and one of the top ten busiest airports in the country. In 2004, it was the sixth busiest airport in the world by aircraft movements, and twelfth busiest by passengers.

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Phoenix - Arizona - American - 2004

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Sky Harbor has been operating since prior to 1935, when it was purchased by the city of Phoenix. In the 1950s it was serviced by four airline companies. Today, it serves as a hub for America West Airlines (now US Airways), as well as one of the largest departure points for Dallas based Southwest Airlines and is trying to become another international airport in the Southwest region. In that department, it is trying to follow in the footsteps of Los Angeles International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, George Bush Intercontinental Airport and San Francisco International Airport.

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1950 - America West Airlines - Dallas - Southwest Airlines - Los Angeles International Airport - Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport - George Bush Intercontinental Airport - San Francisco International Airport

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Sky Harbor's private airplane area also serves as one of eight service centers that Medevac airline Air Evac has.

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Medevac - Air Evac

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Sky Harbor has not seen any major tragedies happen at the airport.

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On August 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255, which was flying from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport near Detroit, Michigan to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, with an intermediate stop at Sky Harbor Airport, crashed after takeoff in Detroit, killing all of the passengers except for a young girl.

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August 16 - 1987 - Northwest Airlines Flight 255 - Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport - Detroit - Michigan - John Wayne Airport - Santa Ana - California

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Sky Harbor International Airport has three terminals, which are numbered 2, 3 and 4, since Terminal 1 (the original terminal from the 1950s) was torn down in 1990 (Sky Harbor states that Terminal 1 has been "retired", similar to the number of a famous athlete).

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