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America’s Friendliest Airport set a new single-month record in March, with nearly 4.4 million passengers traveling through Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Passenger numbers in March 2018 were 2.3 percent higher than March 2017, and 1.9 percent higher than March 2016, which set the previous record. In the first quarter of calendar year 2018, the Airport saw an increase of 2.7 percent compared to the first three months of 2017. On an average day, Phoenix Sky Harbor welcomes 120,000 travelers. In March of this year, more than 140,000 passengers on average were served each day, with some days being even busier.
Passenger numbers for Phoenix Sky Harbor’s two largest carriers American Airlines and Southwest Airlines were also up. American served nearly two million passengers at Sky Harbor, up 2.9 percent from the previous March while Southwest welcomed more than 1.4 million passengers, up 3.1 percent from the previous year.