![]() Support local journalism like this story by subscribing today. You can connect with Arizona Republic consumer travel reporter Melissa Yeager through email at You can also follow her on Twitter and Instagram. In 2019, the airport welcomed just shy of 1.8 million passengers. Though the pandemic presented some headwinds, a record number of passengers passed through Mesa Gateway in June 2021, fueling optimism that the airport will continue to grow as a vital entry point for commercial air traffic for years to come. destinations and its portfolio of airlines includes Allegiant, Avelo Airlines, Flair Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, Swoop and WestJet. Today, the airport serves more than 50 U.S. Allegiant originally served 13 destinations from Gateway and had 237,039 passengers there in its first year.īy 2010, the airport passed another milestone: Allegiant had transported its millionth passenger through Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. In late 2007, the airport finally inked a deal with Las Vegas-based low-cost carrier Allegiant Air. It continued its mission for several more decades, but in 1991 the hammer fell. Arizona learned the base would close and the community started exploring future uses for the site. military aviation museum isn't just about planes The end of Williams Air Force BaseĪs far back as 1959, editorials in The Republic show questions swirling around how long the base would remain operational.
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