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  • PHL is the only major airport serving the metropolitan Philadelphia region.
  • Owned and operated by the City of Philadelphia, PHL is totally self-supporting, using no local tax dollars for its operation or development.
  • 30 airlines provide 700 daily departures to more than 120 cities, including 52 daily nonstop flights to 31 international destinations
  • More than 200 businesses employ 34,000 people
  • PHL has an $14 billion economic impact on the region, making it one of the largest economic engines in Pennsylvania
  • PHL ranked 15th in the nation and 27th in the world in passenger traffic in 2005 with 31.5 million passengers; 9th in the nation and the world in aircraft operations (more than 535,000 takeoffs and landings in 2005); 14th in the nation and 34th in the world in cargo and mail tonnage (more than 558,000 tons per year)
  • More than 4.1 million international passengers used PHL in 2005.
  • 65% of PHL's passengers are from the local market, making it a strong origin/destination hub
  • PHL has added 2 new terminals, 55 new boarding gates and 5,100 parking spaces since 2001
  • PHL is spread over 2.4 million square feet
  • Approximate square footage for terminal buildings A through F:
    • Terminal A-East 338,000 sq. ft. .
    • Terminal A-West 800,000 sq. ft.
    • Terminals B/C 600,000 sq. ft.
    • Terminal D 267,000 sq. ft.
    • Terminal E 225,000 sq. ft.
    • Terminal F 185,000 sq. ft.
    • Total square footage 2,415,000 sq. ft
  • PHL has 7 terminal buildings with 120 boarding gates situated on 2,302 acres (3.6 square miles)
  • PHL has undergone more than $1 billion in capital improvements since January 2000
  • The airfield is composed of 4 runways: Two primary runways and two secondary runways
  • PHL offers more than 18,000 public parking spaces operated by the Philadelphia Parking Authority
  • Philadelphia MarketPlace at the Airport, consisting of more than 100 national name-brand and local shops and restaurants, offers a variety of specialty retail merchandise and food at "Street Pricing." The retail concession program was named the best in North America in 2002 and 2003

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PHL Fun Facts

  1. With more than 535,000 take-offs and landings in 2005, PHL was the 9th busiest airport in the world.
  2. PHL handled 31.5 million passengers in 2005, more than 3 times the number of adults and young adults living in the state of Pennsylvania.
  3. PHL averaged more than 86,000 passengers daily in 2005, almost double the capacity of Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies.
  4. PHL moved more than 600,000 tons of cargo and air mail in 2005, nearly 4,000 times the weight of the Statue of Liberty.
  5. PHL's seven terminals, occupying 2,415,000 square feet, are nearly four times the size of Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles.
  6. PHL has more than 18,000 parking spaces. Laid end-to-end, they would extend about 54 miles, or from the Airport to the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ.
  7. PHL has more than 32 million square feet of paved surface area, more than 160 times the size of the flight deck on a Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier.
  8. The Philadelphia International Airport Web site, www.phl.org, averages 2.1 million hits each day, or more than 1,400 every minute.
  9. PHL is situated on 2,330 acres (3.6 square miles), almost double the size of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
  10. PHL has nearly 140 shops, restaurants and cart vendors, including: " Retail Stores - 32 " Places To Eat - 49 " Retail Carts - 23 " News/Gift Stores - 18 " Duty Free Shops - 3 " Passenger Services - 15
  11. PHL's air traffic control tower is the busiest in the FAA's Eastern Region.
  12. Nearly 8 million people live within a 90-minute drive from PHL.
  13. PHL's concessions serve an average of: " 327 soft pretzels per hour/34,335 per week " 53 cheese steaks per hour/5,565 per week " 950 cups of coffee per hour/99,750 per week " 184 slices of pizza per hour/19,320 per week " 616 bottles or mugs of beer per hour/64,680 per week
  14. PHL has 120 restrooms containing 528 toilets, 209 urinals and 550 sinks. There are 42 ladies' rooms, 42 men's rooms and 36 assisted care restrooms.
  15. PHL has more than 4,000 in-ground airfield lights.
  16. PHL has 393 airfield signs.
  17. PHL has 156 rocking chairs located throughout the terminal buildings.

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