Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport had its best year on record during 2019 with passenger numbers increasing nearly 16% compared with the previous year.
A total of 1,774,763 passengers either landed or took off from the Valley’s secondary airport in southeast Mesa during 2019, according to numbers released this month by the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority.
The 2019 number broke the former high-water mark, which was set in 2018, by 15.86%.
Including December 2019, Gateway Airport has seen 20 consecutive months of year-over-year growth in total passenger numbers.
