# Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)

> Phoenix, US · IATA: PHX · ICAO: KPHX · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `PHX` |
| ICAO | `KPHX` |
| City | Phoenix |
| Country | US |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 346 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 33.43530, -112.00590 |

## Description

About 362,700 tons of cargo and mail passed through Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX/KPHX) in 2025, up 6.9 percent on the 339,100 tons handled in 2024. Two separate facilities share the work, the South Air Cargo Complex and the West Air Cargo Complex, and a typical day sees more than 1,000 tons move across their docks. Swissport runs a cargo warehouse on site, while American Airlines Cargo, United Cargo, Southwest Airlines Cargo and IAG Cargo provide lift. The profile is overwhelmingly belly cargo: PHX is first and foremost a large passenger airport whose freight volume rides on a dense domestic and long-haul schedule, supplemented by integrator express traffic. Semiconductor equipment and wafers from the fabs around Phoenix, aerospace spares, medical devices and e-commerce parcels make up the characteristic flows. Clearance runs through U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and shippers moving goods to Mexico should factor in the Nogales border crossing roughly 290 kilometres south on I-19. Interstates 10 and 17 give dense trucking coverage, with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach about 600 road kilometres away, so PHX works as a relief point when Southern California is congested. Phoenix–Mesa Gateway (AZA) some 35 kilometres east handles charter and freighter movements, while Los Angeles (LAX) and Ontario (ONT) remain the go-to alternatives for intercontinental freighter capacity; a federal award of roughly USD 843 million for capacity expansion at Sky Harbor was announced in January 2025.

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