OK, now I know that PHL is a cluster, but what genius was it that planned PHX? On three different occasions now, we have had misconnects because passengers were confused as to where their connecting gates were. What other airport has two Concourse As and two Concourse Bs? East flights (until recently) arrived at gates B-13, 14, and 15. One would think that if you're connecting on Concourse B, that the gate would be just down the hall. But no, gate B-20 is on a DIFFERENT hallway a half mile a way. Would it not be logical to simply rename all four corridors to "A, B, C, and D"?
And for the record, Tempe, 26 minutes is NOT enough time to connect passengers in an airport with distances just as great as those between Philadelphia's C-30 and A-26.
You would of have to of been here when the terminal was built.
Terminal, Parking and 4 concourses A,B (America West) C,D
(Southwest) with gates 1-14 then they added 4 more concourses one on each end of A,B,C,and D over the years. just like PHL A/E, A/W concourses then you lost all ryhme and reason when you got to concourse C and started with 16. Need I go on
Airport Check-in: Billions in new construction set for Phoenix
Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix is among the airports featured this week in USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column. In his column, Yu writes:
"Travelers at Phoenix Sky Harbor are facing years more of construction. The City Council last week approved a new people-mover train system that will connect to the city's light rail system that's under construction. The new train system will eventually cost $1.1 billion and is tentatively set to open in 2013. The city is planning to spend an additional $2.5 billion to renovate the airport. Some of the projects envisioned: a new 33-gate terminal that would replace Terminal 2, modernization of other terminals and two new taxiways.
"It would be the airport's most expensive capital project in its history. Construction for the projects will begin later this year. The airport's two main carriers, US Airways and Southwest, face higher rent and fees because of the projects, and oppose them.The airport has undergone a series of extensive construction projects over the past three years. It has renovated its busiest terminal and has added a concourse and a parking garage."
Check out the full version of Yu's column in today's USA TODAY newspaper or online.
The west is growing
7/2006 7/2000 TOTAL GROWTH
Arizona 6,166,318 5,166,693 6166-5166=1 million
PHX 2005 2000 1990
Population 1,461,575 1,321,045 983,403 INCREASE
7/2006 7/2000 TOTAL GROWTH
Pennsylvania 12,440,621 12,281,054 12440-12281=159 thousand
PHL 2005 2000 1990
Population 1,463,281 1,517,550 1,585,577 DECEASE