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New Airport Facility Seeking Passenger Traffic

PHOENIX-A recently completed $4-million passenger terminal at Williams Gateway Airport sits empty, awaiting the first airline to offer passenger flights out of the facility.

By D.J. Burrough | Updated on March 30, 2001

PHOENIX-While the state fights to keep one military base from shutting, another across town is struggling to reinvent itself.

Williams Gateway Airport, which was Williams Air Force Base a decade ago, has recently completed a $4-million investment into the airport to create its first passenger terminal. It’s hoped that the airport will one day challenge Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which sits 25 miles to the west near downtown Phoenix.

The terminal has everything an airline could want, except passengers. The Williams Gateway Authority spent state and federal money to turn a former Air Force training facility into the terminal, complete with four gates, modern security systems, space for rental car companies, cafes and shops. The 24,000-sf terminal is large enough to handle at least 250,000 passengers annually.

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