Sky Harbor passenger totals for last year were up just over 77% from 2020 as the airport rebounds from a massive pandemic-induced falloff.
Spokesperson Heather Shelbrack said nearly 39 million people traveled through the hub in 2021, but that was shy of the record in 2019.
“Compared to 2019, we show a 16.1% decrease and 2019 was our busiest year ever. This year, we had 38.8 million passengers come through the airport and that’s compared to our record-breaking year in 2019 of 46.2 million,” she said.
Cargo shipments last year never suffered, as there was a 5.1% increase from 2020 levels and a 12.4% gain from 2019.
