Good Afternoon,
At the beginning of 2020, things were looking promising for Flagstaff Pulliam Airport. It had just come off its best ever year, with a historic 124,000 enplanements in 2019, about 50,000 more than in any previous year.
Then the pandemic hit and as the country shut down, the numbers plummeted. Instead of planning for new flights, the airport was looking for ways to assist businesses operating in the terminal.
Now as people feel free to move about the country again, Airport Director Barney Helmick says the airport is on track for a year almost as good as 2019.
“Through May, we had almost 40,000 passengers and June will put us over 50,000,” he said, “and if we keep it going at that rate of about 11,000 a month, we should reach 117,000 enplanements by the end of the year.”
The airport’s growth in recent years has been fueled by adding destinations and an additional carrier. Currently there are four American Airlines flights to Phoenix, with a fifth to be added later this summer. American also provides three daily flights to Dallas. Meanwhile, United Airlines has two daily flights to Denver with a third scheduled to start on July 1.
