GENERAL INTEREST
Interesting Facts about Sky Harbor Airport
Here are some brief informational items Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Purchased by the City of Phoenix in July of 1935 for $100,000. The City paid $35,300 in cash and took out a $64,700 mortgage.
Size - 3,000 acres.
Terminal 1 was the first "modern" terminal built. It was completed in October 1952 and cost $853,000. In 1990 Terminal 1 was demolished, but the other terminals were never renumbered.
Terminal 2 was completed in 1962 at a cost of $2.7 million. Its size is 330,000 square feet.
Terminal 3 is 880,000 square-feet in size and was completed in 1979. The cost of Terminal 3 was $35 million.
Terminal 4 opened in 1990 and cost of $248 million. It measures 2.3 million square-feet in size.
Parking-Currently, there are more than 30,000 parking spaces at Sky Harbor International Airport.
- Terminal 2 garage upper level (economy) - 1,174; lower level (daily rates) - 1,152
- Terminal 3 garage – 1,860 spaces
- Terminal 4 garage - 6,851 spaces
- Terminal 4 high profile lot - 72 spaces
- West economy lot - 1,556 spaces
- East economy lot Garage A - 2,313 spaces; Garage B – 3,517 spaces; surface – 4,630
- Public overflow Tonto West - 1,100 spaces; Copperhead - 783 spaces; Event lot (West overflow) - 273 spaces
- Employee parking - 6,086 spaces
Runway Information
Sky Harbor boasts three runways currently in operation. The following includes information specific to each runway.
North Runway - designated 8/26 is 11,490 feet long and 150 feet wide; field elevation 1,117.9.
Center Runway - designated 7L/25R is 10,300 feet long and 150 feet wide; field elevation 1,118.3.
South Runway - designated 7R/25L is 7,800 feet long and 150 feet wide; field elevation 1,115.7.
Air Traffic Control Frequencies
Air Traffic Control Frequencies - the Federal Aviation Administration maintains a Control Tower and a Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility at Sky Harbor International Airport. TRACON controls the aircraft within a 40-mile radius and up to 21,000 feet (MSL) and the Control Tower has responsibility for the airport and airspace within five miles up to 3,000 feet. Radio communication between the control facilities and the aircraft take place on a number of radio frequencies. These frequencies are in the VHF (Very High Frequency) frequency range of 108 to 136 MegaHertz (MHz). A radio or a scanner capable of receiving those frequencies is required to hear the communications.
Automated Traffic Information Service
121.2 MHz (current airport conditions)
Approach Control
North - 119.2 and 120.7 MHz
South - 123.7 and 124.1 MHz
Control Tower
North runway - 118.7 MHz
South runway - 120.9 MHz
Ground Control (controls aircraft on the taxiways and ramps)
North - 119.75 MHz
South - 132.55 MHz
Clearance Delivery (gives airlines their final routings and clearances)
118.1 MHz
NOTE: These frequencies are subject to change without notice.
