A Record-Breaking Day

It’s been a little more than a month since we welcomed visitors to Phoenix for the Big Game. A year of planning and preparation paid off as we welcomed a milestone number of visitors through our airport the day after the Super Bowl. In fact, Monday, Feb. 13, marked the single busiest day in our history as we had more than 200,000 visitors come through PHX. That’s compared to an average of 120,000 passengers who come through our doors each day.

Overall, we saw the following on Monday, Feb. 13:

• 1,691 takeoffs and landings – compared to 1,200 on an average day
• No wait time at the TSA security checkpoints was more than 22 minutes
• 90,244 passengers screened, including charter and private aircraft operations. Of this, TSA screened 83,914 passengers through their checkpoints, making PHX the busiest airport in the nation.
• 47,206 total checked bags including terminal and charter operations
• 2,132 bags checked using the Early Bag Check service
• More than 9,100 rental car returns and more than 5,600 rental car pick-ups
• Nearly 50,000 people rode the PHX Sky Train®
• 1,367 total taxi operations (pickups and drop offs)
• 23,657 total rideshare operations (pickups and drop offs)
• 313 business/corporate flight operations
  (arrivals and departures)
• 12 charter operations

This was the fourth time we welcomed visitors to the area for the Big Game. Planning involved close coordination between the airlines, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), law enforcement, concessionaires, and the Super Bowl Host Committee. Many airport partners including the TSA brought in additional staff just for the event. We also had extra volunteers on hand including more than 80 volunteer Navigators and Navigator Buddy therapy dog teams as well as volunteers from the Super Bowl Host Committee.