Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport Celebrates Best Year Ever with Double Dig

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (Gateway Airport, Airport) has set a record for commercial passenger activity welcoming 1,890,684 passengers in 2022. This represents a 22% increase over last year and a 6.5% increase over 2019, the previous high-water mark for Gateway Airport. In December 2022, 199,287 passengers traveled through the Airport, the eighth record month last year. These records were set in spite of the airline industry facing a year of challenges with flight crew and other labor shortages. Three Canadian airlines that operate out of Gateway Airport, WestJet, Swoop and Flair, each saw year-over-year increases as Canadian winter visitors began traveling again as restrictions were lifted.